JERUSALEM – Israel has officially conscripted its new SIGMA 155 self-propelled howitzer and Iron Beam laser system, the ...
The US Army has long known that it has artillery shortcomings that need to be addressed. As it readies for possible future large-scale combat operations, the Army is looking to plug these gaps. A ...
Extended Range Cannon Artillery, or ERCA, was canceled in 2024. The Army is now looking for more readily available self-propelled howitzer options to meet extended range requirements, mobility and the ...
Tennessee Army National Guard soldiers conduct a training exercise using the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System. (Sgt. Grayson Cavaliere/U.S. Army) Soldiers with the 25th Infantry Division are ...
The ERCA system uses a service-developed, 58-caliber gun tube mounted on the chassis of a BAE Systems-made Paladin Integrated Management howitzer. (Ana Henderson/U.S. Army) The U.S. Army is changing ...
The autoloader for the Extended Range Canon Artillery is intended to speed up the rate of fire for greater lethality. (U.S. Army) WASHINGTON — Decisions on the way forward for one of the U.S. Army’s ...
The People’s Liberation Army will soon begin experimenting with a bigger, more powerful cannon than any in the current Chinese or American arsenal, according to a contract recently awarded by the PLA ...
Gen. George S. Patton Jr. said: “I do not have to tell you who won the war. You know the artillery did.” Patton obviously was exaggerating when he made this statement. Nevertheless, he knew that ...
Satellite images of eastern Ukraine show pockmarked battlefields left scarred by relentless artillery fire. The craters are a ...