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Current service version with Canadian artillery is the LG1 Mark II, of which 28 were purchased for the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (RCHA). GYAT supplied the first howitzers in 1996 and fielding was complete by November 1997.
The company was nationalized in 1991. On 22 September 2006 GIAT became the core of the new company Nexter. [1] For many years GIAT struggled to turn a profit. The company was operated at a loss. A 2001 report by the Cour des Comptes [2] and a 2002 report by the National Assembly [3] described the situation as critical. In April 2004 the board ...
105 mm towed howitzer France Thailand: 285: Thai M101 rebuilt to M101/30; Thai designation M101A1 (Improved) [38] L119: 105 mm towed howitzer United Kingdom: 22 [38] GIAT LG1: 105 mm towed howitzer France: 30(+6) RTA received the first six of a dozen LG1 Mk III ordered from France. [76] [38] OTO Melara Mod 56: 105 mm towed howitzer Italy: 12 ...
Type 60 howitzer People's Republic of China: Cold War, modern 122: HM-40 howitzer Iran: 127: BL 5 inch howitzer United Kingdom: Second Boer War, World War I 130: 130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46) Soviet Union: Cold War 137.2: BL 5.4 inch howitzer United Kingdom: World War I 149.1: 15 cm fästningshaubits m/02 Sweden: World War I 149.1: 15 cm ...
The breech ring of the howitzer M2 was modified in March 1940 before large-scale production began, creating the 105 mm howitzer M2A1 on carriage M2. [ 1 ] In 1939, the new howitzer cost $25,000, which was three times more than a 75 mm field gun M1897 on M2 carriage , and its adoption required procurement of a colossal amount of new ammunition ...
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 TRF1, originally known as GIAT 155 mm Tracté (TR) is a 155mm French towed howitzer produced by Nexter (ex Giat Industries) and used by the French Army. The TRF1 was showcased in 1979 at the Eurosatory arms trade show, as a replacement for Armée de Terre's BF-50. Giat produced it from 1984 to 1993.
The battalion is based in Brasschaat and consists of a Mortar battery, operating 120mm mortars and a howitzer battery, operating 14 LG1 105 mm (4.1 in) howitzers. A third battery, which operated Mistral surface-to-air missiles and based in Lombardsijde , was disbanded without replacement on 31 December 2017.