Holland Hail Organ: градобойный оргáн Холланда или оргáн Холланда-Хэйла
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Статья из Soldier of Fortune, December'79:
THE HOLLAND HAIL ORGAN PLAY THE WINNING TUNE IN ANY ANTI-AMBUSH SITUATION by Robert K. Brown.
Тест статьи:
AK-47 rounds were once again rattling off the old-timer's mine-proofed and armored Landrover. It was not the first time. Automatically, he jammed the accelerator to the floor and roared through the kill zone. Once through the ambush after the initial rush of adrenalin had subsided, he remembered: he had just installed on his modified Landrover, now called a Leopard, a new anti-ambush device called the Holland Hail Organ.
"No better time to try it out than right now, "he mused, wheeling his vehicle around back toward the ambush area. By this time the terrorists were looking in amazement at this foolhardy farmer. They did not look long. As soon as he had reversed the vehicle and pointed it in the direction of the terrorists, he hit a switch on his dash. Smoke and flame and a total of 750 rectangular steel projectiles from three "organs" installed on the front of his vehicle screamed through, into and around the surprised terrorists. Two of the ambush party were killed immediately.
When he returned to his farm, he called the police and told them, "I have two things to report. There are two dead terrorists on the road. Write me a check for $2,000." (The government of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia pays a bounty to non-military personnel who kill or capture terrorists and/ or terrorist equipment.) The check paid for the new weapons system and a vacation for the intrepid farmer. The device that had effectively wrought death and destruction in the course of eliminating the ambush party is known as the Holland Hail Organ, one of the more effective of numerous home-grown antiambush systems that the beleaguered Rhodesians have invented during their seven-year war with communist-sponsored terrorists.
The prime mover behind the development and sales of this particular system is Andre Holland, member of parliament and successful farmer.
Holland started conceptualizing and designing his system in the spring of 1978. He knew something had to be done to counter the ambush threat which was interfering with commerce and transportation in the country.
"I wanted 100% kills within 50 feet."
"I first analyzed hundreds of ambushes and fed the information into a computer. I determined that the average ambush on vehicles occurred from 40 to 50 feet. Therefore, I determined it was necessary to develop a weapons system that would insure 100-percent kills in that particular range," Holland said. In only four months his system had been perfected and was available for sale.
After innumerable 18-hour days, Holland came up with a series of modernized muzzle-loading cannons that are electrically detonated. They are placed in banks of three or nine on the sides, front and rear of a vehicle, providing virtually 360-degree protection.
"We spent approximately $150,000 U. S. on the research and development of the organ, and blew up over 500 barrels before we found the type of steel that would withstand the pressure but was also inexpensive - a prime factor to consider when you develop anything in Rhodesia," Holland pointed out.
"Adapt or die."
I suggested this was another example of Rhodesian survival adaptability. Holland chuckled, " It is either adapt or die." Holland noted it was necessary to fire the organs in ripple mode, or sequentially, rather than simultaneously, as the recoil - 10 tons per organ - would either upend or tip the vehicle on its side. Each bank of cannon has a detonation switch mounted on the dashboard, so one can select which bank he wants to engage the enemy with. Each cartridge costs $7,5 U.S. Tactical employment of a vehicle armed with the Holland Hail Organ is basic. If one takes fire from the side, detonate the side organs, back up, point the front of the vehicle at the ambush site, detonate the front bank of organs and then mop up or pursue the remaining terrorists with sidearms.
"If a RPG-7 armed terrorist appears in front - they like to kneel in the middle of the road as you come around a sharp turn - you hit the switch," Holland continued. "In situations like this, the organ is far better than a machine gun as you have 2250 projectiles in the air instan-
taneously, engaging the enemy." To digress a bit, what we have here is essentially a mobile Claymore. And Holland is right. No matter how good you are with an automatic weapon, you cannot match this type of fire power with a dozen SMGs. Furthermore, assuming the driver
of a vehicle must engage the terrorists, it takes too many precious seconds to pick up his weapon and fire on them. In a situation like the one Holland describes, he probably would have bought the farm before he could bring his sidearm into play.
" To date, thousands of these systems have been sold," Holland claimed, " and have saved innumerable lives. When terrorists see vehicles fitted with the organs they will not attack as they know what will happen".
Holland pointed out that his organs can also be used in a static defense role. He has mounted a number of them around his farm house. In a test, projectiles from the organ mounted on one of his walls hit a cement backstop I 00 meters away. The nine-barrel system for the front, back and both sides of a vehicle (total of 36 barrels) costs $2,617 U.S. and installation $859 U.S. The three-barrel system for all four sides of the vehicle (total 12 barrels) sells for $1,167 U.S. plus $603 U.S. for installation.
Simpler System
Another similar but less sophisticated, less expensive system consists of barrels mounted on the vehicle, activated by a manual device in the vehicle's cab. By pulling a wire, the barrels fall from a vertical to a horizontal position. The back of the barrels have a cap which is detonated when they strike a strip of iron, detonating them. Holland has mounted this system on a Cougar, a mine-and-ambush-proof vehicle manufactured in Rhodesia, using basic components of the customer's Landrover. The passenger compartment, designed to carry four or six persons, is protected with small-arms-proof armor and bullet-proof glass. The engine and gearbox are also armored and encased in a separate armored compartment. The fuel tank is frangibly suspended and removed from the cab. As the wheels are the most likely points of contact with land mines, they are remote from the passenger cab. Furthermore, the suspension subassemblies are designed to shear off in the event o f a detonating mine. Unfortunately, this cannot be done with arms and legs. The suspension subassemblies are economical and may be rapidly replaced without sophisticated equipment.
Further in formation can be obtained from Cochrane Sons & Co. (PUT) Ltd., Dept. SOF, P.O. Box ST 361, Southerton, Salisbury, Zimbabwe-Rhodesia. Phone 63701 or Andre Holland, phone: 790505.
These systems - though crude and simplistic in this day of electronic wizardry -have proven themselves and will be a welcome addition to the worldwide antiterrorist arsenal.
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Дополнение. В разных источниках название залпового орудия Холланда приводится в различных вариантах:
Статья из Soldier of Fortune, December'79:
THE HOLLAND HAIL ORGAN PLAY THE WINNING TUNE IN ANY ANTI-AMBUSH SITUATION by Robert K. Brown.
Тест статьи:
AK-47 rounds were once again rattling off the old-timer's mine-proofed and armored Landrover. It was not the first time. Automatically, he jammed the accelerator to the floor and roared through the kill zone. Once through the ambush after the initial rush of adrenalin had subsided, he remembered: he had just installed on his modified Landrover, now called a Leopard, a new anti-ambush device called the Holland Hail Organ.
"No better time to try it out than right now, "he mused, wheeling his vehicle around back toward the ambush area. By this time the terrorists were looking in amazement at this foolhardy farmer. They did not look long. As soon as he had reversed the vehicle and pointed it in the direction of the terrorists, he hit a switch on his dash. Smoke and flame and a total of 750 rectangular steel projectiles from three "organs" installed on the front of his vehicle screamed through, into and around the surprised terrorists. Two of the ambush party were killed immediately.
When he returned to his farm, he called the police and told them, "I have two things to report. There are two dead terrorists on the road. Write me a check for $2,000." (The government of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia pays a bounty to non-military personnel who kill or capture terrorists and/ or terrorist equipment.) The check paid for the new weapons system and a vacation for the intrepid farmer. The device that had effectively wrought death and destruction in the course of eliminating the ambush party is known as the Holland Hail Organ, one of the more effective of numerous home-grown antiambush systems that the beleaguered Rhodesians have invented during their seven-year war with communist-sponsored terrorists.
The prime mover behind the development and sales of this particular system is Andre Holland, member of parliament and successful farmer.
Holland started conceptualizing and designing his system in the spring of 1978. He knew something had to be done to counter the ambush threat which was interfering with commerce and transportation in the country.
"I wanted 100% kills within 50 feet."
"I first analyzed hundreds of ambushes and fed the information into a computer. I determined that the average ambush on vehicles occurred from 40 to 50 feet. Therefore, I determined it was necessary to develop a weapons system that would insure 100-percent kills in that particular range," Holland said. In only four months his system had been perfected and was available for sale.
After innumerable 18-hour days, Holland came up with a series of modernized muzzle-loading cannons that are electrically detonated. They are placed in banks of three or nine on the sides, front and rear of a vehicle, providing virtually 360-degree protection.
"We spent approximately $150,000 U. S. on the research and development of the organ, and blew up over 500 barrels before we found the type of steel that would withstand the pressure but was also inexpensive - a prime factor to consider when you develop anything in Rhodesia," Holland pointed out.
"Adapt or die."
I suggested this was another example of Rhodesian survival adaptability. Holland chuckled, " It is either adapt or die." Holland noted it was necessary to fire the organs in ripple mode, or sequentially, rather than simultaneously, as the recoil - 10 tons per organ - would either upend or tip the vehicle on its side. Each bank of cannon has a detonation switch mounted on the dashboard, so one can select which bank he wants to engage the enemy with. Each cartridge costs $7,5 U.S. Tactical employment of a vehicle armed with the Holland Hail Organ is basic. If one takes fire from the side, detonate the side organs, back up, point the front of the vehicle at the ambush site, detonate the front bank of organs and then mop up or pursue the remaining terrorists with sidearms.
"If a RPG-7 armed terrorist appears in front - they like to kneel in the middle of the road as you come around a sharp turn - you hit the switch," Holland continued. "In situations like this, the organ is far better than a machine gun as you have 2250 projectiles in the air instan-
taneously, engaging the enemy." To digress a bit, what we have here is essentially a mobile Claymore. And Holland is right. No matter how good you are with an automatic weapon, you cannot match this type of fire power with a dozen SMGs. Furthermore, assuming the driver
of a vehicle must engage the terrorists, it takes too many precious seconds to pick up his weapon and fire on them. In a situation like the one Holland describes, he probably would have bought the farm before he could bring his sidearm into play.
" To date, thousands of these systems have been sold," Holland claimed, " and have saved innumerable lives. When terrorists see vehicles fitted with the organs they will not attack as they know what will happen".
Holland pointed out that his organs can also be used in a static defense role. He has mounted a number of them around his farm house. In a test, projectiles from the organ mounted on one of his walls hit a cement backstop I 00 meters away. The nine-barrel system for the front, back and both sides of a vehicle (total of 36 barrels) costs $2,617 U.S. and installation $859 U.S. The three-barrel system for all four sides of the vehicle (total 12 barrels) sells for $1,167 U.S. plus $603 U.S. for installation.
Simpler System
Another similar but less sophisticated, less expensive system consists of barrels mounted on the vehicle, activated by a manual device in the vehicle's cab. By pulling a wire, the barrels fall from a vertical to a horizontal position. The back of the barrels have a cap which is detonated when they strike a strip of iron, detonating them. Holland has mounted this system on a Cougar, a mine-and-ambush-proof vehicle manufactured in Rhodesia, using basic components of the customer's Landrover. The passenger compartment, designed to carry four or six persons, is protected with small-arms-proof armor and bullet-proof glass. The engine and gearbox are also armored and encased in a separate armored compartment. The fuel tank is frangibly suspended and removed from the cab. As the wheels are the most likely points of contact with land mines, they are remote from the passenger cab. Furthermore, the suspension subassemblies are designed to shear off in the event o f a detonating mine. Unfortunately, this cannot be done with arms and legs. The suspension subassemblies are economical and may be rapidly replaced without sophisticated equipment.
Further in formation can be obtained from Cochrane Sons & Co. (PUT) Ltd., Dept. SOF, P.O. Box ST 361, Southerton, Salisbury, Zimbabwe-Rhodesia. Phone 63701 or Andre Holland, phone: 790505.
These systems - though crude and simplistic in this day of electronic wizardry -have proven themselves and will be a welcome addition to the worldwide antiterrorist arsenal.
Перевод воспоследует.
Продолжение будет.
Дополнение. В разных источниках название залпового орудия Холланда приводится в различных вариантах:
- "Holland Hail Organ" ("Soldier of Fortune" и "The Outpost" - журнал Британской Южно-африканской полиции), и тогда это "градобойный оргáн Холланда",
- "Holland-Hale Organ" ("Anti-ambush weapons, 1975-1980" by P.G. Locke - Heritage of Zimbabwe: (1993), no. 12, p. 61-85), и Fighting vehicles and weapons of Rhodesia, 1965-80 by Peter G. Locke, Peter D. F. Cooke P & P Publishing, 1995 г. 152 с.(стр. 131: "The weapons has also sometimes described as the Hollan-Hale organ, suggesting input from Joe Hale.") с упоминанием как участника создания "оргáна" Джо Хэйла (Joe Hale), и тогда это "оргáн Холланда-Хэйла". Джо Хэйл уже известен пистолетом Mamba, дробовиком "Джамбо" (Jumbo shotgun), опытным пистолетом-пулеметом Lion (Lion submachine gun), а также сотрудничеством с Роджером Мэнсфильд-Скаддэном (Roger Mansfield-Scaddan).