The Howitzer has been around since the 1600s, so it's no surprise that some sections of the U.S. Army are replacing it. The ...

1 / 3 Show Caption + Sgt. Keith Coe, a fallen Soldier from the 1-37 Field Artillery Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, is honored with his name spray painted on the barrel of a M777A2 ...

The battalion spray paints the names of Soldiers who died in combat while serving in 1-37 FA onto the barrels of their M777A2 Howitzer cannons.

A howitzer is a short cannon, placed at a steep angle of descent, used to fire at relatively high trajectories. The cannons can fire up to four rounds per minute, according to the U.S. Army.

The Howitzer artillery cannon would be placed where the cockpit traditionally was located on the Huey. A small, glass dome pod where the pilot normally sat was to be installed beside the cannon ...

The Extended Range Cannon Artillery system is meant to be an improvement to the latest version of the Paladin self-propelled howitzer. (Edward Lopez/U.S. Army) The Army is conducting a major ...

Its sustained rate of fire is two rounds a minute, with four rounds a minute for short periods. What will really make this gun useful is the new GPS guided Excalibur shell, which entered service in ...

According to a September Telegraph report, the M982 Excalibur weapon was given to Ukrainian forces by the U.S., with the hardware considered to be one of the most accurate artillery shells.

A Ukrainian artillery unit in the Donbas region uses the latest long-range artillery import, the French Caesar howitzer. The self-propelled 155mm gun can hit targets up to 38 kilometers away and ...

Fort Caspar Museum has a new artillery piece on public display. It is a 12-Pounder Mountain Howitzer, Model 1841, set on a 2nd Model Prairie Carriage.

US soldiers preparing a M777 howitzer for fire missions at a training area in Germany in January 2020. US Army/Spc. Rolyn Kropf The Ukraine war has featured an array of towed and self-propelled ...