The US Department of Defense approved the sale of nearly 500 HIMARS launchers to Poland on 7 February. The system, manufactured by Lockheed-Martin, is set to serve alongside K239 Chunmoo… Continue reading "Poland Will Purchase All HIMARS It Can, says Ministry"
On Monday, February 13, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense announced that Denmark had transferred all of its Caesar self-propelled artillery to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. “Denmark has given Ukraine all of… Continue reading "Denmark Transfers All Of Its CAESAR Self-Propelled Howitzers To Ukraine"
Since the war in Ukraine began, the Russian Armed Forces have used thousands of tons of artillery ammunition in a vast arrange of calibers. Dominant amongst these is the venerable… Continue reading "Is Russia Running Short of Ammunition?"
The Turkish Armed Forces received the first batch of 105mm BORAN light howitzers developed by the Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE), which is affiliated with the Turkish Ministry of… Continue reading "The Turkish Armed Forces Receives The First Batch of 105mm BORAN Light Howitzers"
A Polish government official confirmed that 18 Polish manufactured “Krab” self-propelled howitzers have been delivered to Ukraine – Polskie Radio 24 reports. This latest Polish ‘lethal aid’ joins a number… Continue reading "Poland Delivers Krab Self-Propelled Howitzers to Ukraine"
On 24 February at 4:00AM Ukrainian Time, Vladimir Putin announced his “special military operation” in Ukraine. Moments later, explosions rocked key Ukrainian cities including the capital of Kyiv, the strategic… Continue reading "Ruso-Ukranian War: Seven Days In"
Saab announced on November 30 that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Nammo and Nordic Shelter for joint development of Saab’s Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb. The agreement with… Continue reading "Saab Partners With Nammo, Nordic Shelter For Further Ground Launched SDB Development"
Elbit Systems, an Israeli defense company, announced on November 15, that it has signed a contract to supply a country in the Asia-Pacific region with SIGMA fully automatic self-propelled howitzer… Continue reading "Elbit Systems To Supply SIGMA Self-Propelled Howitzer Gun Systems To A Country in The Asia-Pacific Region"
Despite the US Army Artillery’s nearly 250-year existence, human evolution has so far failed to provide Homo Sapiens with arms which are optimized for artillery loading. It seems the Army… Continue reading "Apptronik to Demonstrate Munition-Lifting Robot Arm for US Army"
Excalibur Army’s new DITA self-propelled howitzer made its physical debut at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference 2021 in Abu Dhabi. The DITA is the latest generation of Czech wheeled… Continue reading "[IDEX 2021] Excalibur Army Debuts The DITA"