The Army will soon request industry’s proposals for its self-propelled howitzer modernization effort, with plans to issue a ...
A new 155mm shell factory aims to produce 30,000 rounds a month, but that would still fall short of the 250,000 shells Russia is said to be making.
The Army is starting formal production of a new Self-Propelled Howitzer variant engineered for faster movement, better structural protection, improved drive-train ability, new suspension and advanced ...
The English city of Sheffield maintains an international reputation for its metallurgy and steel industries – so much so that like Pittsburgh, PA, it is known as “Steel City.” And like Pittsburgh, ...
A new self-propelled howitzer system meets a Humvee—or a Ford F-250 pickup truck—with a 105-millimeter howitzer for an artillery system capable of rapidly moving from one firing position to another.
December 5, 2005 The Chinese were the first to experiment with explosive powders around 300 AD but it was not until 1252, when the secret ingredients of those powders were documented in an essay by ...
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New footage shows Western-supplied M777 howitzers in Ukrainian hands being used against Russian forces in the contested eastern Donetsk region, according to Kyiv's military. Ukraine's 45th Separate ...
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - The breach opens, a pair of cannon crewmen load one 155 millimeter caliber artillery round into the chamber of the 35 foot weapon. The smell of gunpowder lingers in ...
An M109A6 Paladin howitzer of Charlie Battery, 2nd Battalion, 142nd Field Artillery Brigade, fires a round during a mission at the Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center near Barling, Arkansas in ...
As Russia’s wider war in Ukraine grinds into its fourth month, some weaponry has changed hands more than once. Captured then recaptured. Some of the first evidence of this phenomenon circulated online ...
U.S. troops tasked to advise and equip armies in smaller developing countries are learning how to operate an older, Soviet-era artillery piece. The Texas-based 3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade is ...