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The Archer artillery system, or Archer – FH77BW L52, or Artillerisystem 08, is a Swedish self-propelled howitzer system. [3] [4] The main piece of the system is a fully automated 155 mm L52 (52-calibre-long) gun-howitzer and a M151 Protector remote-controlled weapon station mounted on a modified 6×6 chassis of the Volvo A30D all-terrain articulated hauler.
Haubits FH77/A with its vertical sliding block breech and a round visible. Fälthaubits 77 (transl. Field Howitzer 77) or FH77 is a Swedish 155 mm howitzer, developed and manufactured by Bofors. [4]
The USA had already in 1959–1960 made clear that export of the W48 shell, the only 155 mm with a nuclear warhead produced, was out of the question. The Swedish nuclear weapons program quickly concluded that the amount of plutonium available was the limiting factor, and smaller low yield ordnance used as much as the larger aircraft bombs that ...
M114 155 mm howitzer, M1 United States: World War II, 1980s, modern 155: 155 mm gun M1, M2, M59, Long Tom United States: World War II, Cold War, modern 155: FH70 howitzer Germany, Italy, United Kingdom: Cold War, modern 155: Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50 France: Cold War: 155: Fälthaubits 77 Sweden: Cold War, modern 155: FH-88 howitzer ...
The German 105 mm howitzer-armed StuH 42 based on the StuG III, and the immense 152 mm howitzer-armed, Soviet ISU-152, both fully casemated in their design, are examples of this type of self-propelled artillery. Romanian Mareșal M-00 tank destroyer, armed with an M-30 howitzer. A Katyusha rocket launcher version also existed.
The US has already sent M982 Excalibur GPS-guided 155 mm ... The US Army developed the Excalibur in partnership with the Swedish army. ... A Copperhead round fired by an M198 155 mm howitzer ...
Archer truck-mounted 155mm FH77 Swedish howitzer, test unit ordered in 2008 K9 VIDAR self-propelled howitzer, Norwegion version of the K9A1. 24 ordered in 2017 (+4 in 2022) 28 total. Rocket artillery
The first shipments of the Biden administration’s $800 million military aid package have arrived in Ukraine. Included among the first round of weapons are 18 155 mm howitzers, in addition to ...