Keyword: M109
The US Army’s search for new self-propelled...
More than six decades after the M109 entered service and following a series of...
The UK’s Deep Recce Strike Brigade, old...
The British Army’s Deep Recce Strike Brigade Combat Team (DRS-BCT) is seen as a...
US State Department approves a number of...
In the last week of July 2025 the US State Department approved a number...
AUSA 2023: Rheinmetall 52-Calibre Cannon Successfully Tested...
BAE Systems and Rheinmetall have successfully fired 155 mm projectiles from an M109 self-propelled...


![The US Army’s search for new self-propelled artillery: A long haul for long guns The ERCA autoloader being tested at Yuma Proving Ground in June 2019. Although the US Army conducted a number of successful tests with ERCA prototypes, engineering issues, such as excessive wear on the 58-calibre gun tube after firing a relatively small number of rounds, led to the ERCA prototyping effort’s discontinuation in April 2024. [US Army]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1_ERCA-US-Army-Kopie-324x160.jpg)
![The UK’s Deep Recce Strike Brigade, old wine in new bottles? A convoy of US M110A2 203 mm howitzers belonging to 2nd Battalion, 142nd Field Artillery, conducts a movement during combat operations in support of Operation Desert Storm. The UK also deployed its heavy M110A2s during the operation. [US ANG/1SG Tony Rice, via Wikimedia Commons]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2-142nd_Field_Artillery_Convoy_duirng_Operation_Desert_Storm-Kopie-324x160.jpg)

