Global Military Products also announced Dec. 17 that the U.S. Army had chosen its Serbian partner Yugoimport’s NORA B-52 155mm wheeled howitzer for the shoot-off as well. Serbia's Yugoimport has been chosen to provide the Nora B-52 155mm Howitzer System Firing Desert for the U.S. A...
The UK currently operated the AS-90 self-propelled howitzer, which was first introduced into service in the early 1990s. Initially, the British Army operated 179 systems, however by 2017, this had been reduced to 110, reflecting a lack of significant upgrades to the UK’s AS-90s. Th...
In November 2021, the US Army purchased additional 155mm BONUS precision-guided munitions for use with M777 towed ultra-lightweight howitzers and M109 self-propelled howitzers. In April 2022, Australia announced the supply of six M777 155mm lightweight towed howitzers and accompanying ammunition to...
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has officially terminated the army's non-line-of-sight cannon (NLOS-C), a 155 mm mobile howitzer that has been in limbo since the service cancelled the family of vehicles to which it belonged in July.rnPentagon Acquisition Chief Ash-ton Carter informed ...
1983 US Invasion of Grenada United States of America vs Grenada Grenada, the southernmost island nation in the Grenadines in the Caribbean, is a tropic island known as the spice island thanks to the harvesting of nutmeg. It had been a British colony since 1763, but in 1967, it was granted...
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United States of America (1942-1943) Light Tank – None Built Introduction When the US joined the war in 1941, their primary light tank was the M3 Stuart and, while this vehicle was acceptable for that time, there was an interest in a new light tank. In January 1941, the US Army star...
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I know the howitzers they were coming over as I was doing my last operation, and they’re helping a lot. I mean, it’s actually changing the tide of the war. So, I hope that they continue to go to Ukraine, and it’s not just the Javelins or the howitzers…I know switchblades...
The Army’s Mobile Experimental High Energy Laser on a Stryker armored vehicle, September 2018. Laser weapons have come along way in the past decade, but are hobbled by the need to generate large amounts of power, which requires carrying a lot of weight. Everyone wants laser-powered tanks,...