M114 155mm Towed 155mm Heavy Howitzer
Channel: Main Battle Tank
Date: 22/03/2023

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M114 155mm Towed 155mm Heavy Howitzer
Prior to its use of the M198 howitzer of 1979, the United States military (and many of its allies) relied on the World War 2-era M114 towed howitzer to fulfill its 155mm long-range artillery requirement. The weapon served into the Korean War (1950-1953) and across the campaigns of the Vietnam War (1955-1975) before seeing formal retirement with American forces. Design work on the weapon began in 1939 and spanned into 1941 to which the system cleared its requisite trials before being adopted into service. Production spanned from 1941 into 1953 to which some 10,300 units were eventually produced by the Rock Island Arsenal stateside and additional examples appearing under license elsewhere. The M114 still serves in some armies today (2013). Notable current operators include Afghanistan, Argentina, Brazil, Iran, Iraq, South Korea, Lebanon, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Venezuela, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia. Notable former operators became Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Libya, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Spain (see operators listing below for complete list).