AC-130 Gunships Are Finally Getting A New 105mm Howitzer
Navy engineers designed and built a prototype howitzer to replace the 1960s-era design that AC-130 gunships use now.
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Long In Development Hypervelocity Rounds For Navy Railguns And Deck Guns Killed Off In Budget
The Navy and other services had hoped to be able to fire hypervelocity projectiles from various guns at a range of surface and aerial threats.
Army’s 1,000 Mile Range Supergun Set To See Its Budget Slashed
The Army’s Strategic Long Range Cannon program had been planning to demonstrate a prototype weapon by 2023.
Israeli, Serbian, And Swedish Self-Propelled Howitzers Are Headed To A U.S. Army Shoot-Off
The Army wants a new mobile 155mm howitzer to arm its brigades equipped with Stryker wheeled armored vehicles.
Marines To Radically Remodel Force, Cutting Tanks, Howitzers In Favor Of Drones, Missiles
The U.S. Marine Corps has an ambitious 10-year transformation plan that could see the service eliminate its entire tank force, dramatically scale back howitzer batteries, and cut a significant number of aviation units in favor of land-based rocket artillery and stand-off missile launchers and unmanned aircraft.
F-35 Cueing Artillery To Take Out Air Defense Site During Test Is A Glimpse Of The Future
U.S. Army ground artillery units recently conducted a test in which they destroyed a mock air defense system based on targeting information from a U.S. Air Force F-35A Joint Strike Fighter. This is a concept of operations that could be extremely valuable for U.S. forces in a future large-scale conflict against an opponent with dense integrated air defense network and one that could easily expand to include other assets, including unmanned aircraft and new, longer-range artillery and tactical missile systems.
U.S. Army Trains To Fire Howitzers From Landing Craft For The First Time In Decades
The combination offers flexible fire support for amphibious and other littoral operations, which could be valuable for future missions in the Pacific.
U.S. Navy Destroyer Fired Off Advanced Hyper Velocity Projectiles During 2018 Exercise
The new rounds dramatically expand the ability of the guns on these ships and other platforms to engage surface targets and air and missile threats.
Army Tests Low-Recoil 155mm Howitzer Small Enough To Fit On The Back Of A Truck
The mobile howitzer could give the service’s light, rapidly deployable units an important, organic boost in stand-off firepower.
Army’s New Huge Barrel Packing 155mm Howitzer Doubles Range To 40 Miles In Tests
Now the service already wants to double that range and get the guns hitting targets out to 80 miles.