155mm ERFB Shell: Faster, Farther, Deadlier

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Introduced in the early 1970s, the 155mm Extended Range Full Bore (ERFB) shell was a radical departure from earlier designs, using a variety of novel aerodynamic features to achieve nearly twice the range of conventional 155mm shells. It was the brainchild of Dr. Gerald Vincent Bull, a largely forgotten genius best known for designing an enormous satellite launching gun called Project Babylon for Saddam Hussein’s Iraq and for his assassination in 1990. 0:00 Intro 1:33 Gerald Bull: the Early Years 4:03 Project HARP 5:35 Space Research Corporation 6:16 GC-45 Howitzer 6:45 ERFB Shell: Introduction 8:30 ERFB Shell: Design Principles 10:12 ERFB Shell: Performance 12:10 The South Africa Deal and Aftermath 14:09 Iraq and Project Babylon 15:06 Assassination 16:24 Outro Documentary on Gerald Bull: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvL9qcJKqOw&t=1s My play ‘Countdown to Babylon’: https://vimeo.com/852105900?share=copy SOURCES Grant, Dale, Wilderness of Mirrors: the Life of Gerald Bull, Prentice-Hall Canada, Inc., Scarborough, ON, 1991 Adams, James, Bull’s Eye: the Assassination and Life of Supergun Inventor Gerald Bull, Times Books, 1992 Lowther, William, Arms and the Man: Dr. Gerald Bull, Iraq, and the Supergun, Seal Books, 1991 https://soapbox.manywords.press/2018/07/05/extended-range-full-bore-rounds/