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  2. M109 in the Swiss Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    The M109 was then selected as the future self-propelled howitzer of the Swiss Army. Orders and modernisations. Over time, a total of 581 M109 were ordered, and today, 133 M-109 KAWEST WE are in service Batch 1. 146 Pz Hb 66 ("15.5 cm Panzerhaubitze 66"), purchased with the armament program 1968, and introduced from 1971.

  3. List of equipment of the Swiss Army - Wikipedia

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    Glock 26. "Pistol 12 Kurz". Austria. Semi-automatic pistol. 9×19mm Parabellum. Glock 26 gen 4, successor to the Pistol 03 and the Pistol 75 as the short variant of the pistol in the Swiss Army. It is the primary weapon for the military police and mechanics in the army. [ 5] Submachine guns.

  4. M109 howitzer - Wikipedia

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    The M109 is an American 155 mm turreted self-propelled howitzer, first introduced in the early 1960s to replace the M44. It has been upgraded a number of times, most recently to the M109A7. The M109 family is the most common Western indirect-fire support weapon of maneuver brigades of armored and mechanized infantry divisions.

  5. List of World War II weapons of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903. 7.5 cm GebirgsKanone 06 L14 [ 26] ~54. 7.5 cm Gebirgskanone L/13 C/80. Bofors 75 mm Model 1934. 8.4 cm Feldgeschütz Ord 1871 ~414. 8.4 cm Feldgeschütz Ord 1879 ~400. 8 cm staal. 5.7 cm Fahrpanzer. 10.5 cm Hb Model 46 Swiss version of the swedish Bofors 10,5 cm Haubits m/40.

  6. What are howitzers? A look at the cannons in latest U.S ... - AOL

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    In a second $800 million military aid package, announced by Biden on Thursday, an additional 72 howitzers, 72 tactical vehicles to tow the cannons and 144,000 rounds will be sent to Ukraine. The ...

  7. RCH 155 - Wikipedia

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    103 km/h (60 mph) (road) The RCH 155 (Remote Controlled Howitzer 155 mm) is a wheeled self-propelled howitzer developed by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (now known as KNDS Deutschland), a German defence company. The RCH 155 Module takes the firepower and the range of the PzH 2000 by using its gun ( 155 mm L/52), and combines it with an automated and ...

  8. Archer artillery system - Wikipedia

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    The Archer artillery system, or Archer – FH77BW L52, or Artillerisystem 08, is a Swedish self-propelled howitzer system. [3] [4] The main piece of the system is a fully automated 155 mm L52 (52-calibre-long) gun-howitzer and a M151 Protector remote-controlled weapon station mounted on a modified 6×6 chassis of the Volvo A30D all-terrain articulated hauler.

  9. Artillery fuze - Wikipedia

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    German 7,5 cm Pzgr. 1939 : an armour-piercing shell with base detonating fuze (1), as fired by Panzer IV and Pak 40 anti-tank gun. French point-detonating fuze of 1916 with inertia plunger and 1/10-second delay, used with heavy trench mortar bombs. In the 20th century, most fuzes were 'percussion'.