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 ...
FORT SILL, Okla.-- A workhorse howitzer with a modern fire control system has been undergoing testing at Fort Sill. Testing of the digitized M119A2 105mm howitzer continued with air mobility slingload ...
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 U.S. Air Force promised its the nexy generation of the beloved AC-130 gunship would basically be the equivalent of a flying Howitzer. It appears the service is making good on its promise. The Air ...
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 ...
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 ...
The video starts with aircrews loading 105mm howitzer shells into the aircraft for a training mission. The M102 is an older Army light field howitzer, designed to provide indirect fire support for ...
YUMA PROVING GROUND, AZ--- The C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft is a familiar sight in the skies above U.S. Army Yuma Prvoing Ground (YPG), ferrying cargo and personnel for parachute tests. Less familiar ...
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 ...
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 federal government is moving ahead with a forfeiture proceeding for a 105 mm Howitzer from a Globe company that illegally tried to sell it three years ago, court records show. The modern cannon ...