The L118 105mm Light Gun Replacement
The 105 mm L118 Light Gun has been in service with the British Army since 1974 and has been used continually since. Although it is
February 11, 2022
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Are we seeing the end of Close Air Support?
Two videos, a recent one from Raytheon on the Excalibur guided 155mm artillery round and an older one from Lockheed Martin on GMLRS and Consider
January 15, 2014
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GMLRS Developments
An interesting piece of news this week on the G/MLRS system. First was from Lockheed Martin about the testing of a new GMLRS warhead, called
May 26, 2013
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Hawkeye 105mm Weapon System
We have discussed mortars across a number of posts but how about an alternative to the vehicle mounted 120mm mortars that seem to be in
June 22, 2012
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155mm Artillery
After our recent excursion back into maritime matters here is a question. With the future character of conflict and other conflicts are increasingly pointing to
September 19, 2011
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Indirect Fires
Rather than filling up other posts comments with discussions on artillery, loitering munitions etc can we just use this one for now? This will be
September 1, 2011
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Lightweight GMLRS/MLRS Alternatives
When I looked at artillery systems a few weeks ago a couple of commenters thought GMLRS was a little overkill for many situations and proposed
August 21, 2010
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