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The M109 is an American 155 mm turreted self-propelled howitzer, first introduced in the early 1960s to replace the M44. It has been upgraded a number of times, most recently to the M109A7 . The M109 family is the most common Western indirect-fire support weapon of maneuver brigades of armored and mechanized infantry divisions.
The M1299 Howitzer was an American prototype 155 mm self-propelled howitzer developed by BAE Systems beginning in 2019 under the Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) program. It was based on the M109A7 howitzer and was primarily designed for the purpose of improving the M109's effective range.
In 1997 the Government Accountability Office advised the Army to consider either upgrading the Paladin or to purchase the German Panzerhaubitze 2000 instead. [3] The Crusader was intended to replace the M109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzer and the M992 Field Artillery Ammunition Support Vehicle (FAASV). It was intended to be an automated gun ...
KRAB howitzer 155 mm Poland: 2008 155 AMX-13 Mk F3 France: 1962 155 Raad 2 Iran: 1997 155 K9 Thunder South Korea: 1999 155 M12 gun motor carriage United States: 1942 155 M40 gun motor carriage United States: 1945 155 M41 howitzer motor carriage United States: 1944 155 M44 self-propelled howitzer United States: 1954 155 M52 self-propelled howitzer
The XM1203 Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon (NLOS-C) was a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer. It was the lead vehicle for the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems Manned Ground Vehicles program. The NLOS-C was a replacement for the M109 howitzer, but cancelled in December 2009.
The M777 howitzer is a British towed 155 mm artillery piece in the howitzer class. It is used by the ground forces of Australia , Canada , Colombia , India , Saudi Arabia , Ukraine , and the United States .
The 155 mm self-propelled howitzer was seen as the obvious choice. The decision to develop the Primus was made after a market survey in 1995 and 1996 of some of the world's best self-propelled guns from the United States ( M109 Paladin ), United Kingdom ( AS90 Braveheart ), Japan ( Type 75 ) and Russia ( 2S3M1 ) found them either too heavy or ...
The M44 was an American-made self-propelled 155 mm howitzer based on the M41 Walker Bulldog tank chassis, first introduced in the early 1950s. Flaws in its design prevented it from seeing action in the Korean War, but the type went on to serve in the armies of the United States, West Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom into the late Cold War ...