A US Army general said there are three artillery areas where the service faces capability gaps. It's on the hunt for new solutions, though.
Fortunately, the “howitzer Huey” never materialized. It was likely an unworkable concept, given the helicopter’s limitations.
The M198 155mm howitzer is a towed field artillery piece of a split trail carriage design. The M198 is equipped with a double baffle muzzle brake and a variable length hydropneumatic recoil mechanism.
The M777 Lightweight 155mm howitzer provides timely, accurate and continuous firepower in support of Marine and Army infantry forces and replaces the M198 towed Howitzer. In 2005, the Army and ...
Since February 2022, Ukraine has received around 900 155-millimeter howitzers from its allies as well as millions of shells ...
India’s defense ministry and the Indian Army reportedly cleared the production of 114 Dhanush 155-millimeter/45-caliber towed howitzers.
Think tank The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has revealed what may happen to the frontline war effort after Donald Trump's bombshell decision to halt all military aid funding to Ukraine ...
The Russian troops also incapacitated two Ukrainian platoons of multiple launch rocket systems near the community of Lastochkino, six artillery platoons of self-propelled and towed howitzers in ...
India’s defense ministry and the Indian Army reportedly cleared the production of 114 Dhanush 155-millimeter/45-caliber towed howitzers. The new 155-milimeter/45 ...
The Army is specifically eyeing self-propelled howitzers with 52-caliber gun tubes. It is a middle ground between the larger 58-caliber ERCA and the smaller 39-caliber M777 towed howitzer.
Because helicopters could reach remote areas inaccessible to towed guns, and a Huey with a howitzer onboard could theoretically deliver precise, high-impact strikes while hovering or landing ...