The Army’s new Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) has now hit a record 43 miles. That’s the longest verified distance for a howitzer. But a new Russian howitzer might be able to shoot just as far, ...
Following a South Korean artillery exercise in disputed waters along the island of Yeonpyeong on November 23, 2010, North ...
The company will invest more than $2m in the US artillery supply chain to boost the nation’s combat vehicle industrial base.
Soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 11th Airborne Division, earned top honors ...
Artillery has been called “the god of war” for good reason. From the thunder of cannons in the Great War to the deep, rolling booms of Cold War behemoths, these weapons have shaped history one ...
The Army’s new M109A7 self-propelled howitzer artillery vehicle will enter operational service next year. The M109A7 variant is an upgraded vehicle that was engineered to fire precision rounds that ...
An intensive Russian artillery barrage, the first week of October, was one of the earliest and clearest signs the Russians planned to assault Avdiivka, a Ukrainian stronghold just northwest of Russian ...
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Sept. 1, 2011) -- The U.S. Army is developing a next-generation, 40-ton 155mm Howitzer artillery cannon able to fire precision rounds, accommodate additional armor ...
December 5, 2005 The Chinese were the first to experiment with explosive powders around 300 AD but it was not until 1252, when the secret ingredients of those powders were documented in an essay by ...