 the g5 is a south african towed howitzer of 155&nbsp;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. ==production history== during the angolan bush war, the south african defence force found itself at a disadvantage when facing opponents equipped with long-range soviet rocket artillery, which outranged south africa's older 5.5-inch howitzers by a considerable margin.the encyclopedia of world military weapons 1988. isbn 0-517-65341-9 this led to the issue of a staff requirement for a new artillery system as well as ammunition systems, gun tractor, fire control equipment and a fire control computer system. from 1963, south africa had been placed under an united nations sponsored anti-apartheid arms embargo that led to the creation of the indigenous armscor military-industrial company to circumvent the arms embargo and to produce weapons systems uniquely tailored to south africa's needs. armscor responded to the staff requirement and commenced development in 1976. a number of existing designs were evaluated and examples procured in contravention of the arms embargo. as an interim weapon system to act as a stop-gap during the indigenous production process, a number of soltam 155mm m-71 gun-howitzers were procured from israel and entered service as the g4 howitzer. the ca
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