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 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 ...

Budget documents released in March show that the Army’s ambitious plans to double the range of its M109 Paladin armored howitzer artillery have ignominiously bit the dust, despite delivery of ...

The widely used M109 carries a 155-mm howitzer and is the principal self-propelled artillery support for U.S. Army divisions. It is a large tracked vehicle with a fully traversable turret and ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: One of the striking differences between the American M109 and the Chinese CTL181A-turned gun carrier is the M109’s enormous size. Weighing nearly forty tons, the ...

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 ...

In brief: Ukraine has reportedly received at least 30 units of artillery weapons from Italy, which has made it a policy not to divulge specifics about the amount of military aid it sends. Dozens of ...

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 ...

The M109-52 prototype is described as providing a low-risk technical solution with a lower-cost approach to deliver core warfighting capabilities. "We are working with DEVCOM-AC to continue ...