(Janes/Ashley Roque)In its current state, the ERCA initiative is an incremental upgrade of BAE Systems' Paladin M109A7 self-propelled howitzer to include the addition of a 58-calibre, 30 ft (9.1 m) gun tube so that the platform can launch 155 mm rounds out to 70 km. To reach such ...
With this latest contract, the total value of the M109A7 programme is nearly $3bn. According to GlobalData’s intelligence on theUS defence market, the US Army has 247 of the M109A7 self-propelled artillery system and the supporting M992A3 vehicle....
A U.S. Soldier assigned to 1st Armor Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division works with an Armed Forces of Ukraine soldier during M109 Self-Propelled Howitzer maintenance training at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, May 25, 2022. The course is provided by the US and Norway as part of their respecti...
There were also proposals to use the improved M1E3 as the basis for a self-propelled artillery vehicle, but these plans never progressed beyond the drawing board. While the concept of a lower-positioned drive shaft was considered advantageous, implementing this feature in vehicles produced in 1940...
Nexter told Defense News it had been selected to bring its155mm self-propelled howitzer CAESAR— which has been in service since 2008 and battle-tested in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Mali and Iraq — as a strong candidate for the shoot-off. It will be bringing the 6x6 version used by the French...
and is also designed for use against counterbattery radar and stationary or slow-moving MRLs or self-propelled artillery or mortar carriers, so it is essentially both a SAM and an SSM.It also has a small chance of stopping a cruise missile (Impossible: Electronics or Dexterity). First flight...
Some self-propelled howitzers, including French CAESAR and Swedish Archer types, are now also banking on GPS in their fire control systems. Air-to-ground equipment Buried in the U.S. Army budget request for fiscal year 2025, there are several mentions of upgrades to the GPS system...
The Used Tank Guide has a 36-page overview of World War I and World War II tanks (and self-propelled artillery and tank-destroyers, etc.). Then is the eye-candy photo album section with 700+ fantastic full-color photos and 115+ profiles of tanks, self-propelled guns and tank destroyers...
United States of America (1918) Artillery Tractor/Light Tank – 1 Built The First World War broke out in 1914, dragging into the maelstrom the major powers of Europe and beyond. As early as 1915, faced with the carnage wrought by the industrialization of war and the machine gun, men were...
The M109A6 artillery system was targeted in the border Sumy Region, according to the military Error loading media: File could not be played Source: Russian Ministry of Defense Russian forces have destroyed an advanced US-produced Paladin self-propelled howitzer operated by the Ukrainian military...