Heavy mortars (mostly towed, but some on self-propelled 2S9 vehicles) hit roughly as hard as howitzer rounds and can be more effective at striking targets behind buildings, fortified walls ...

Finally, each company has an artillery support platoon composed of one D-30 howitzer or 2S9 vehicle; and two medium 82-millimeter mortars or heavier 120-millimeter systems. Against, it’s unusual ...

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.

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 ...

The clip posted by Ukraine's General Staff of the Armed Forces on Thursday shows Ukrainian forces hitting a Russian 2S9 Nona-S mortar carrier in an unspecified location in the war-torn country.

The M777 Howitzer is One of America’s Most Important Weapons In 2022, as the Ukraine War was underway, multiple news outlets reported that a shipment of critical M777 Howitzer cannons from the U ...

An experimental Howitzer system was secretly delivered to Ukraine’s army to be used against invading Russian forces, according to an American defense contractor whose disclosure in May recently ...

Aug 26 (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that its forces had destroyed a U.S.-made M777 howitzer which it said Ukraine had used to shell the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia ...

Heavy mortars (mostly towed, but some on self-propelled 2S9 vehicles) hit roughly as hard as howitzer rounds and can be more effective at striking targets behind buildings, fortified walls, or ...