U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 4th Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade (Sky Soldiers), fire M119 Howitzers during exercise Dynamic Front 21, at Grafenwoehr Training Area ...
Aided by greater accuracy and superior ISR capabilities, artillery has accounted for an enormous number of casualties in the ongoing Ukraine War—and the US Army has taken note.
If the Army doesn’t field a modern, networked, long-range, survivable self-propelled howitzer soon, it risks being totally overmatched by its peer adversaries in the next great power war. A ...
Though it was originally invented and used in the 17th century, the howitzer didn't make it to the U.S. until the mid-1800s, when the Army needed a small and lightweight cannon. This scary weapon of ...