An M109 self propelled 155mm gun fires in Ukraine Getty Images In Ukraine, America’s humble M-109 howitzer isn’t getting much attention. Overshadowed by more modern self-propelled guns, the M-109 is a...
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Ukraine’s World War II-Vintage Howitzers Still Work Just Fine
A Ukrainian M101 in action. Ukrainian defense ministry The Ukrainian army’s newest howitzers also are among its oldest. On Sunday, the first video appeared online depicting ex-Lithuanian M101 howitzer...
With German Howitzers And German Radars, Ukraine Is Building A Machine For Blowing Up Russian Guns
German army photo The German government has given arms-maker Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. the green light to manufacture a hundred PzH-2000 self-propelled howitzers for the Ukrainian army as p...
Which Ukrainian Troops Are Getting American Howitzers? The Ones Preparing For A Major Counteroffensive.
Ukrainian troops with an M777. Ukrainian defense ministry photo Ukrainian army brigades have begun shooting their new American howitzers at Russian invaders. And not just any brigades. Ukrainian comma...
The Dutch Are Sending Huge German Armored Howitzers To Ukraine
PABRADE, LITHUANIA – JUNE 08: A Panzerhaubitze 2000, which is a German 155mm self-propelled … [+] howitzer of the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, takes part in Thunder Storm 2018 mult...
Ukraine’s Giant Howitzers Have A Problem. Russia’s Own Huge Guns Are Faster.
A Ukrainian 2S7. Ukrainian army photo Seven years ago, the desperate Ukrainian army—relentlessly pummeled by Russian artillery along the front line in Ukraine’s separatists-controlled Donbas region—op...