British and American forces also deployed vehicles designed for a close support role, but these were conventional tanks whose only significant modification was the replacement of the main gun with a howitzer.

Among these was the M4 ( 105 ), a M4 Sherman tank armed with a M4 105 mm howitzer.

In the taxonomies of artillery pieces used by European ( and European-style ) armies in the eighteenth, 19th, and 20th centuries, the howitzer stood between the " gun " ( characterized by a longer barrel, larger propelling charges, smaller shells, higher velocities, and flatter trajectories ) and the " mortar " ( which was meant to fire at even higher angles of ascent and descent ).

But the artillery branch was not fond of the Katyusha, because it took up to 50 minutes to load and fire 24 rounds, while a conventional howitzer could fire 95 to 150 rounds in the same time.

GB was the only G agent that was fielded by the US as a munition, specifically in rockets, aerial bombs, howitzer rounds and gun rounds.

During the peak of the battle, ARVN had access to only one 105 mm howitzer to provide close support while the enemy attack was backed by an entire artillery division.

It was commissioned to be a lightweight replacement for the WWII-era M114 155mm howitzer.

First introduced during the Vietnam War, the M102 was the light-towed 105 mm howitzer used by the United States Army in the Vietnam War, the First Gulf War, and most recently in the Iraq War.

In 1966 a new 105-mm towed howitzer, the M102, was received in Vietnam.

The 8 inch ( 203 mm ) Self-Propelled Howitzer M110 was the largest available self-propelled howitzer in the United States Army's inventory.

The XM2001 Crusader was to be the United States Army's next-generation self-propelled howitzer ( SPH ), designed to improve the survivability, lethality, mobility, and effectiveness of the artillery as well as the overall force.

In response, " Pirata Buchar " ( as he was referred to by the Californios ) ordered an assault on the Mission, sending some 140 men and two or three violentos ( light howitzer cannon ) to take the needed supplies by force.

Their largest gun ( as opposed to howitzer ) was the 5. 5 inch ( 140 mm ) Medium, with a range of about 15, 000

Another early success for SRC was the sale of 30, 000 artillery shells, gun barrels, and plans for the GC-45 howitzer to Armscor of Pretoria, South Africa.

The resulting G5 howitzer was vital to the South African campaign against Cuban military forces in Angola, allowing them to stop any attempt to conduct military actions of any size in the border area.

( One major United Defense program was the XM2001 Crusader self-propelled howitzer which was canceled by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in early 2002 causing United Defense stock prices to fall 27 percent.

During the War, the Soviets found it difficult to deal with the concrete bunkers used by the Finns and a request was made for a tank with a large howitzer.

Initially known as Little Turret and Big turret, the 76-mm-armed tank was designated as the KV-1 Heavy Tank and the 152 mm howitzer one as KV-2 Heavy Artillery Tank.

The KV-2 Heavy Artillery Tank's 152-mm howitzer was housed in an enormous turret.

* KV-2 ( 334 ) – A heavy assault tank with the M-10 152 mm howitzer, the KV-2 was produced at the same time as the KV-1.

BT-7A artillery support tank was a self-propelled gun variant, armed with a 76. 2 mm howitzer.

BT-7A artillery support tank was a self-propelled gun variant, armed with a 76 mm howitzer.

Each brigade was supported by a battery of five 6-pounder guns and one 5. 5-inch howitzer of the Royal Artillery.

An assault gun is a gun or howitzer mounted on a motor vehicle or armored chassis, designed for use in the direct fire role in support of infantry when attacking other infantry or fortified positions.

In small arms, a long gun is designed to be fired braced against the shoulder, in contrast to a handgun, while in artillery a long gun would be contrasted with a howitzer or carronade.

Until recently much of the remaining internal crew space is taken up by a hydraulically powered conveyor system designed to allow the quick uploading of rounds or transfer of rounds to the M109-series howitzer.

Over the years, LLNL designed the following warheads: W27 ( Regulus cruise missile ; 1955 ; joint with Los Alamos ), W38 ( Atlas / Titan ICBM ; 1959 ), B41 ( B52 bomb ; 1957 ), W45 ( Little John / Terrier missiles ; 1956 ), W47 ( Polaris SLBM ; 1957 ), W48 ( 155-mm howitzer ; 1957 ), W55 ( submarine rocket ; 1959 ), W56 ( Minuteman ICBM ; 1960 ), W58 ( Polaris SLBM ; 1960 ), W62 ( Minuteman ICBM ; 1964 ), W68 ( Poseidon SLBM ; 1966 ), W70 ( Lance missile ; 1969 ), W71 ( Spartan missile ; 1968 ), W79 ( 8-in.

Starting in 1975, Bull designed a new gun based on the common US 155 / 39 M109 howitzer, extending it slightly to 45 calibres through modifications that could be applied to existing weapons, calling the resulting weapon the GC-45 howitzer.

A number of companies designed upgrades to work with older weapons, like the M114 155 mm howitzer, combining a new barrel from the M109 with Bull's ERFB ammunition to produce an improved weapon for relatively low cost.

He designed two artillery pieces for the Iraqis: the 155 mm Al-Majnoonan, an updated version of the G5, and a similar set of adaptations applied to the 203 mm US M110 howitzer to produce the 210 mm Al-Fao with a maximum range of without base bleed.

) It also developed the first rolling kitchen and the Phillips packsaddle, a large, steel-framed and heavily padded structure designed to let mules carry howitzer components or other heavy loads.

It used the same chassis, superstructure, engine and transmission as the U-34 and was armed with a new 122 mm M-30S howitzer designed by F. F. Pietrow's design bureau.

The GC-45 ( Gun, Canada, 45-calibre ) is a 155 mm howitzer designed by Gerald Bull's Space Research Corporation ( SRC ) in the 1970s.

The howitzer was mainly designed by Krupp's Director of design, Professor Fritz Rausenberger, and his predecessor, Director Dräger.

This design was again rejected, this time in favour of a more powerful solution: mounting the 15 cm sFH 18 L / 30 howitzer on the specially designed Geschützwagen III / IV, which took elements of both the Panzer III ( driving and steering system ) and Panzer IV chassis ( suspension and engine ).

( Krab is Polish for Crab )-155 mm NATO-compatible howitzer designed by HSW S. A. combining OBRUMs UPG chassis, licensed AS-90M Braveheart turret with 52-calibre gun and WB Electronics Artillery Fire Control System Topaz.

However, they introduced significant designs of a versatile and well-equipped nature, including railcars which housed anti-aircraft gun turrets, or designed to load and unload tanks and railcars which had complete armour protection with a large concealed gun / howitzer.

The G5 is a South African towed howitzer of 155 mm calibre designed and developed in South Africa by Denel Land Systems The G5 design was based on the Canadian GC-45 155mm gun which was highly modified to suit southern African conditions.

It was designed to be used as the main towing vehicle for the 10. 5 cm leFH 18 howitzer.

The LG1 is a modern 105 mm / 30-calibre towed howitzer designed and produced by GIAT Industries ( now Nexter group ) of France.

The memorial was designed by Charles Jagger and Lionel Pearson, and features a giant sculpture of a BL 9. 2 inch Mk I howitzer upon a large plinth of Portland stone, with stone reliefs depicting scenes from the conflict.

The Obice da 210 / 22 modello 35 was an Italian heavy howitzer designed by the Italian Arms and Munitions Technical Service ( STAM ) and accepted into service by the Italian Army in 1938.

The BL 7. 2-inch howitzer Mk. I and subsequent marks were a series of heavy artillery pieces designed by the United Kingdom at the start of World War II.

The Obice da 75 / 18 modello 34 was a lightweight howitzer designed to be used as a mountain gun.

So development began anew with a carriage designed to be used for either the 155 mm howitzer or the gun.