The M109 breed of self-propelled guns is one of the most fearsome the world has ever known. Available to fight battles ever since the early 1960s, it took part in the planet's most high-profile ...

Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel, as we take a look at the evolution of U.S. Army firepower, from the legendary M109 ...

YORK, Penn., Oct. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BAE Systems (LSE: BA) successfully fired 155 millimeter projectiles from a M109 Self-Propelled Howitzer modified with the Rheinmetall L52 155mm, 52-caliber ...

Oleksii Reznikov, the Minister of Defence of Ukraine, has reported that three types of 155-mm artillery - the M777 howitzer, FH70 howitzer, and Caesar self-propelled howitzer - are already being used ...

YORK, Pa., March 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BAE Systems (LON: BA) has been awarded a contract valued up to $318 million from the U.S. Army to perform technical and sustainment support services for its ...

UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has said that the United Kingdom will transfer 20 U.S. M109 self-propelled howitzers to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). Wallace made the corresponding statement in ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: One of the striking differences between the American M109 and the Chinese CTL181A-turned gun carrier is the M109’s enormous size. Weighing nearly forty tons, the ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Self-propelled howitzers are not exactly unknown or revolutionary additions to the PLA. Indeed, their use is not restricted to China either. The United States fields ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Army has renewed interest in new longer-range artillery shells, such as ramjet-powered types, following its axing of ...