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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 ...
[22] Ukraine spends 30,000 rounds of 155 mm in two weeks, an amount fired by the US in a year. [23] Ukraine has also received 36 towed 105 mm calibre L119 light guns, a variant of the L118 light gun, from the UK. [24] Some 36,000 rounds of 105 mm ammunition has been promised to Ukraine by the US. [25]
The 155 mm (6.1 in) caliber originated in France after the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871). A French artillery committee met on 2 February 1874 to discuss new models for French fortress and siege artillery, among which there was a weapon in the 14–16 cm (5.5–6.3 in) caliber range (later it became known as the De Bange 155 mm cannon ...
The Biden administration will send about $125 million in new military aid to Ukraine, ... 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition, vehicles and other equipment. ... where officials say they have ...
Demand for 155mm artillery rounds has soared in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. But allies' supplies for their own defense have been run down as they have rushed shells to ...
The M77 was developed from the M483A1 that was developed for so-called "cargo" artillery shells in the 155 mm and 8-inch (203 mm) calibers. A dual-purpose improved conventional munition ( DPICM ) is an artillery or surface-to-surface missile warhead designed to burst into submunitions at an optimum altitude and distance from the desired target ...
Ukraine received 6 additional units from Australia and 4 from Canada, as well as 200,000 155 mm rounds and 72 trucks to transport the guns, enough to supply six battalions. Ukrainian forces said that they needed this weapon as their own artillery does not have the range of Russian systems, while the M777 has a range greater than Russian weapons.
The BONUS (Bofors Nutating Shell) [2] or ACED (Anti-Char à Effet Dirigé) [3] [4] [5] is a 155 mm guided artillery cluster round co-developed and manufactured by Bofors of Sweden and Nexter of France. It was designed to fulfill a long range, indirect fire, top attack requirement against armoured fighting vehicles.