BAE Systems has secured a five-year, $318 million contract to help the U.S. Army sustain its fleet of self-propelled howitzers and carrier, ammunition, tracked vehicles. The company said Wednesday it ...

The M109 breed of self-propelled guns is one of the most fearsome the world has ever known. Available to fight battles ever since the early 1960s, it took part in the planet's most high-profile ...

BAE Systems has collaborated with the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center (DEVCOM-AC) to progress the development of the M109-52 self-propelled howitzer (SPH) prototype.

YORK, Penn., Oct. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BAE Systems (LSE: BA) successfully fired 155 millimeter projectiles from a M109 Self-Propelled Howitzer modified with the Rheinmetall L52 155mm, 52-caliber ...

In their earliest and rather primitive World War I guise, tanks were called "landships" by the British military testing the capabilities of such a weapon. The formidable frame of the machine itself ...

Looking as good as the day they rolled off their respective factory assembly lines, two pieces of U.S. Army history were returned yesterday to the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle.

In an amazing first, an artillery cannon took out a cruise missile. An M109 Paladin 155 mm howitzer made history recently by shooting down a fast-moving maneuvering cruise missile with a ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Self-propelled howitzers are not exactly unknown or revolutionary additions to the PLA. Indeed, their use is not restricted to China either. The United States fields ...

Visitors to the Army Heritage and Education Center (AHEC) will now be greeted by an M109 Howitzer. The piece of military machinery - an American-made, self-propelled 155 mm Howitzer with a three-level ...

As anyone keeping up with the war in Ukraine can tell you, artillery is still very much a force in modern warfare. They may be aided by GPS and drone observers, and the pieces may maneuver themselves ...