The Army’s new Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) has now hit a record 43 miles. That’s the longest verified distance for a howitzer. But a new Russian howitzer might be able to shoot just as far, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Army has renewed interest in new longer-range artillery shells, such as ramjet-powered types, following its axing of ...
The howitzer is one of the more steadfast implements of modern warfare, a long-ranged artillery with a firing curve between the parabolic arc of a mortar and the straight shot of a cannon. It's a ...
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- Picatinny Arsenal engineers have fired the newly modified M777A2 howitzer at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, completing the next step towards expanding the system's current ...
An unprecedented proposal to create an artillery testing range in the Adirondack Park has stirred controversy. LEWIS, N.Y. — The Adirondacks are a vast stretch of forested mountains noted for the ...