AM General and Mandus Group are hoping to sell the Army on soft recoil gun technology which could allow placement of large guns on relatively light vehicles like the 105mm Howitzer seen here on a ...

The 105mm howitzer is an artillery piece designed based on the French 75mm field gun used during World War I. The U.S. military introduced the M101 model of the 105mm howitzer in 1941 and supplied it ...

The current fixed armament configuration of the AC-130J includes a 30mm GAU-23/A Bushmaster automatic cannon and a 105mm howitzer, both firing out the left side of the fuselage. There are no plans to ...

From the T26E2 with a 105mm howitzer to the up-armored T26E5 “Jumbo” and the Super Pershing that allegedly dueled a King Tiger, America’s T20 program produced wild experimental variants. They arrived ...

This is an AM General-developed Humvee-mounted 105mm Howitzer. Army artillery is experimenting with this type of mobile artillery. Experts have warned that Russian missile, artillery and ...

Originally, the AC-130W Stinger II was not equipped with a 105mm howitzer cannon like previous AC-130 variants had been. But after reassessing past combat missions and considering Airmen feedback, the ...

An Illinois-based company has developed a stabilized 105mm cannon system designed to be mounted on the back of Humvees, Joint Light Tactical Vehicles and similar-sized platforms. Mandus Group, in a ...

This experimental model was designed to improve the mobility of towed artillery weapons. The Terra-Star major/minor wheel running gear was fitted to a standard M2A2 105MM howitzer. When moving on hard ...

In 1961 and 1962, Rock Island Arsenal's Research and Development Division designed and developed the XM37 recoil mechanism and the XM31 carriage for the XM102 howitzer. From 1963 to 1970, more than 12 ...

NEWARK — An electronics engineer has admitted he lied in an attempt to get a U.S. Army contract to make portable batteries that would power the guidance system on 105mm Howitzer weapons. Modesto ...