For many of us, a "howitzer" is a great way to describe a hard boxing punch or powerful hockey slapshot. But when you're a soldier, it tends to refer to something a tad more explosive: A long-range ...

The U.S. Army has renewed interest in new longer-range artillery shells, such as ramjet-powered types, following its axing of plans to buy a next-generation tracked self-propelled 155mm howitzer ...

As anyone keeping up with the war in Ukraine can tell you, artillery is still very much a force in modern warfare. They may be aided by GPS and drone observers, and the pieces may maneuver themselves ...

The Americans had developed a coterie of systems to enhance their capabilities. Notably, the United States military embraced the helicopter as a key platform for warfare. Arising during the Korean War ...

Hunting somewhere along the 700-mile front line of Russia’s 39-month wider war on Ukraine, a Russian drone spotted—and damaged if not destroyed—something special: an early example of the 2P22 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Vikram Mittal is a contributor who covers aerospace and defense. Until recently, Ukrainian artillery accounted for the majority of ...

January 11, 2024: Russia is sending several of its latest self-propelled (SP) artillery systems, the 53-ton 2S35 Coalition-SV howitzer, to Ukraine. This new model is a major improvement over the ...

Ukrainian soldiers fire a Swedish-made Archer howitzer toward Russian positions in the Donetsk region on Jan. 20, 2024. (Roman Pilipey/ AFP via Getty Images) More than two years into observing an ...

Meet the M777 Howitzer: If we were to pick one defining weapon in the conflict in Ukraine, it would have to be artillery. To be sure, cruise missiles, unmanned aerial systems, and main battle tanks ...

U.S. soldiers fire a 155mm artillery shell with an M777A2 howitzer at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Bavaria, Germany. (Spc. Elijah Magaña/U.S. Army) Since the development of the Stryker Brigade Combat ...

How the use of artillery is changing during the Russian-Ukrainian war and what new weapons have already appeared, and are yet to appear, in Ukraine's army was discussed in an interview with Colonel ...

Fortunately, the “howitzer Huey” never materialized. It was likely an unworkable concept, given the helicopter’s limitations. The 1960s were a wild time in U.S. history. The decade had everything: ...