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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. In terms of modern non-self-propelled artillery in NATO, there is the L118 light gun , as well as the FH70 , both of which are used by multiple NATO ...
NATO signed on Tuesday a $1.2-billion contract to make tens of thousands of artillery rounds to replenish the dwindling stocks of its member countries as they supply ammunition to Ukraine to help ...
Russia is running artillery factories “24/7” on rotating 12-hour shifts, the NATO official said. About 3.5 million Russians now work in the defense sector, up from somewhere between 2 and 2.5 ...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO signed a 1.1 billion euro ($1.2 billion) contract for hundreds of thousands of 155mm artillery rounds on Tuesday, some of which will be supplied to Ukraine after Kyiv ...
155 BONUS is a 155 mm NATO artillery round that consists of a 47-kilogram (104 lb) heavy artillery projectile containing two autonomous, sensor-fused, fire-and-forget submunitions. After the submunition is released it opens two winglets.
WB Electronics Topaz FCS. The AHS Krab (Polish for crab) is a 155 mm NATO-compatible self-propelled tracked gun-howitzer designed in Poland by Huta Stalowa Wola (HSW), by combining a modified South Korean K9 Thunder chassis with a British BAE Systems AS-90M Braveheart turret with a 52-calibre gun produced by HSW and the Polish WB Electronics' Topaz artillery fire control system.
A detachable auxiliary power unit (APU) An unassisted range of 24 kilometres (15 mi); an assisted range of 30 kilometres (19 mi) A burst capability of three rounds in 15–20 seconds, six rounds per minute for a short period and two rounds per minute sustained; The ability to fire all 155 mm munitions in NATO service, plus a new range of ammunition
NATO allies have stepped up the production of ammunition since 2022, from roughly a few 100,000 artillery shells before the war to some two million rounds this year and some three million rounds ...