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Wheeled based self-propelled howitzer was a common option when motorised vehicles became a standard for armies, but this shifted to tracked based vehicles. Few wheeled solutions were used during the cold war, however, they have regained significance in recent years as a cheaper alternative to tracked platforms.
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.
Light howitzer United States: Canon de 155 mm GPF: 155 mm (6.10 in) Field gun/coastal artillery France: M114 155 mm howitzer: 155 mm (6.1 in) Howitzer United States: 155 mm gun M1 Long Tom: 155 mm (6.1 in) Towed field artillery United States: The 4.5-inch gun M1 was a variant to fire British ammunition. M115 howitzer: 203 mm (8.0 in) Howitzer ...
The 155 mm gun motor carriage M40 was an American self-propelled artillery vehicle built on a widened and lengthened medium tank M4A3 chassis, but with a Continental engine and with HVSS (horizontal volute spring suspension), which was introduced at the end of the Second World War.
Type 19 155 mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer This page was last edited on 19 August 2023, at 20:34 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
The conclusion of the board vis-a-vis corps (heavy field) artillery was that an ideal heavy howitzer should have range of at least 16,000 yards (15 km) and allow the elevation of 65° [2] (as opposed to the existing World War I-era M-1918 155 mm howitzers, a license-built French Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 Schneider, 11.5 km and +42° 20 ...
The DANA was a significant departure from contemporary self-propelled guns such as the tracked Soviet 2S1 Gvozdika/2S3 Akatsiya or its Western-made M109 howitzer as it used a wheeled chassis and featured an innovative automated loading system which was the first of its kind at the time of its introduction to service. The vehicle has a driving ...
List of wheeled self-propelled howitzers; M. M1129 mortar carrier; R. RCH 155