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A MILITARY BASE IN SOUTHEASTERN POLAND (AP) — On the front lines in Ukraine, a soldier was having trouble firing his 155 mm howitzer gun. So, he turned to a team of Americans on the other end of his ...

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, ...

U.S. troops tasked to advise and equip armies in smaller developing countries are learning how to operate an older, Soviet-era artillery piece. The Texas-based 3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade is ...

K9 Thunder howitzers with the South Korean Army fire during a March 2011 drill. Egypt recently purchased the weapons. (Dong-a Ilbo/AFP via Getty Images) This story was updated Feb. 3, 2022, at 9:46 ...

Since the development of the Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), which began as a concept in 2000, the brigade has had a requirement for a mobile howitzer as outlined in the Stryker Operational ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A video showing what appears to be a Russian Howitzer weapon being ...

The howitzer is one of the more steadfast implements of modern warfare, a long-ranged artillery with a firing curve between the parabolic arc of a mortar and the straight shot of a cannon. It's a ...

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 ...

U.S. Army self-propelled howitzer firing a Mach-5 shell just shot down a cruise missile for the first time. It’s a big deal. Imagine, in some future war, Army howitzers ringing a strategic air base in ...

LEWIS, N.Y. — The Adirondacks are a vast stretch of forested mountains noted for the haunting call of loons, the crackle of campfires and the soft swish of kayak paddles on placid lakes. Should the ...

The 155mm howitzer is equipped with a girthy 58 caliber gun tube, about 12% longer than the 52 caliber barrels common in Europe.