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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]
Ordnance QF 25-pounder gun-howitzer United Kingdom: World War II, modern 87.6: Ordnance QF 25-pounder Short Mark 1 gun-howitzer Australia: World War II 94: Ordnance QF 95 mm howitzer, infantry United Kingdom: World War II 100: 10 cm M. 14 Feldhaubitze Austria-Hungary: World Wars I, II 100: Skoda houfnice vz 14/19 Austria-Hungary: World Wars I ...
Anti-air gun102/35 S.A. installed on truck and used as howitzer as well [73] 105/29 AV su SPA 9000C Società Piemontese Automobili / Schneider Ansaldo Italy — 105 mm L/29. 4×2 truck: SPA 9000; Retired 1916 12 12 Anti-air gun Cannone da 105/28 Modello 1913 installed on truck and used as howitzer as well [73] [74] Centauro 155/39LW "Porcupine ...
It was desired for the 12-pounder howitzer to fit the 6-pounder field gun carriage. After some experimentation, gun founders Cyrus Alger & Co. and N. P. Ames produced the successful bronze smoothbore M1841 6-pounder field gun. [3] Cyrus Alger & Co. delivered 19 and N. P. Ames delivered 7 bronze Model 1835 12-pounder howitzers in 1837–38.
In 1939, Germany seized all 17 pieces from Czechoslovakia and repaired the howitzer from the Arsenal Museum, designating them 30.5 cm Mörser (t). In 1941, they obtained five more weapons after the defeat of Yugoslavia and placed them into service as the 30.5 cm Mörser 638(j).
The 155 GH 52 APU (which stands for 155 mm gun-howitzer, 52 calibers, auxiliary power unit), Finnish designation 155 K 98 (155 mm kenttäkanuuna 1998 or "155 mm field gun 1998"; FDF terminology does not recognise gun-howitzers), is a Finnish towed artillery piece developed in 1998.
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 module.
The Abus gun was an early form of howitzer in the Ottoman Empire. [18] In 1758, the Russian Empire introduced a specific type of howitzer (or rather gun-howitzer), with a conical chamber, called a licorne, which remained in service for the next 100 years. [19]