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The K9 Thunder is a South Korean 155 mm self-propelled howitzer designed and developed by the Agency for Defense Development and private corporations including Dongmyeong Heavy Industries, Kia Heavy Industry, Poongsan Corporation, and Samsung Aerospace Industries for the Republic of Korea Armed Forces, and is now manufactured by Hanwha Aerospace. [2]
The gun is produced by MKEK under license by transferring the production technology of the K9's CN98 155 mm barrel from ADD. [3] [17] The production rate of the T-155 is 24 units per year. More than 350 [18] T-155 Fırtına howitzers were planned to be produced. [19] 281 have been delivered between 2005 and 2010. [20]
Poland signed a $2.6 billion deal to buy more than 150 more South Korean K9 howitzers, Poland's State Armament Agency said on Friday. Under the agreement with Hanwha Defence, Poland will acquire ...
EVA is a Slovak-made self-propelled howitzer, developed by Konstrukta Defence and publicly revealed in 2015. The EVA is based on a Tatra 815 6x6 truck, but the system can be also mounted on a 8x8 truck chassis. It is armed with a 155 mm / L52 howitzer and has a maximum firing range of 41 kilometres (25 mi) with ERFB-BB ammunition. [3] [4]
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 ...
The howitzer underwent live fire tests in 2018. [6] Its first public display was in the Kyiv Independence Day Parade on 24 August 2018. [6] Development was nearly halted in 2020 due difficulties obtaining 155 mm shells at the time, legal disputes between the government and manufacturer, temporary cancellation of the program funding, and excessive recoil that would be eventually solved with the ...
The RCH 155 (Remote Controlled Howitzer 155 mm) is a wheeled self-propelled howitzer developed by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (now known as KNDS Deutschland), a German defence company. The RCH 155 Module takes the firepower and the range of the PzH 2000 by using its gun ( 155 mm L/52) , and combines it with an automated and remotely controlled gun ...
The KH179 is a towed howitzer developed and produced by Kia Precision Industry (now Hyundai WIA) since 1983 for the purpose of replacing the U.S. M114A2 towed howitzer and enhancing artillery firepower.