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This list contains all artillery systems organized primarily by their country of origin. In cases where multiple countries collaborated on a project, a system could be listed under each of the major participants. Also, in outstanding cases where a system was adopted fully by another country, the system may be listed there also.
Artillery has been one of primary weapons of war since before the Napoleonic Era. Several countries have developed and built artillery systems, while artillery itself has been continually improved and redesigned to meet the evolving needs of the battlefield. This has led to a multitude of different types and designs which have played a role in ...
Japan, South Korea and Poland [citation needed] are generally considered de facto nuclear states due to their believed ability to wield nuclear weapons within 1 to 3 years. [17] [18] [19] South Africa produced six nuclear weapons in the 1980s, but dismantled them in the early 1990s. South Africa signed the NPT in 1991.
The Archer Artillery System is used by Sweden and on an interim basis by the UK. [77] Of towed artillery in NATO service, some countries still use old Cold War US and Soviet, or even World War II US, towed artillery pieces, as well as US self-propelled artillery from the Cold War.
Self-propelled artillery by country (23 C) A. Artillery of Argentina (2 C, 5 P) Artillery of Australia (2 C, 3 P) Artillery of Austria (2 P)
The main functions in the field artillery system are: Communications; Command: authority to allocate resources; Target acquisition: detect, identify and deduce the location of targets; Control: authority to decide which targets to attack and allot fire units to the attack; Computation of firing data – to deliver fire from a fire unit onto its ...
Artillery units and formations of the British Army (1 C, 13 P) Artillery units and formations of the United States (2 C) Pages in category "Artillery units and formations by country"
Weapon name Country of origin Operational period 60 1 Qassam 1 Palestine: 500 3 Golan-1000 Syria: 107 240 Jobaria Defense Systems Multiple Cradle Launcher United Arab Emirates: 110 1 Qassam 4 Palestine: 117, 180, or 227 60 Thunderbolt-2000 Republic of China: since 2010 122 40 WR-40 Langusta Poland: 107 12 T-107 Turkey: 122 1,4,8,16,24, 40 R-Han 122