Indirect Fires Modernization Project - C3/M777 Replacement

[Kirkhill]

And the Aussies have re-introduced Siege Batteries

https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2025-12-04/battery-refines-shoot-scoot-tactics-himars

 

[Kirkhill]

And Raytheon has converted the Swedish Excalibur into a cannon launched version of the Stormbreaker Small Diameter Bomb. Putting the round onto the same wavelength as the British Brimstone and the Swedish Strix. Punt it into the nearest grid square and the round will find its own target.

Raytheon Verifies Seeker for Excalibur Hit-to-Kill Artillery Round

Raytheon has completed the seeker design verification test of its Excalibur Hit-to-Kill artillery projectile.

thedefensepost.com

US Air Force Tests StormBreaker ‘Smart’ Munition on F-35

The US Air Force drop-tested the Raytheon-made StormBreaker munition from an F-35 fighter for the first time this year.

thedefensepost.com

For use in the M777ER future cannon (L52 or L55)

.... Ish

Towed artillery has reached ‘end of the effectiveness,’ Army four-star declares - Breaking Defense

The service has not yet released its new tactical fires study, but officials have begun previewing possible artillery changes.

breakingdefense.com

 

[Kirkhill]

Ukraine is supplying something for everyone.

105 or 155
Towed or SP
Guns or Rockets
Or all of the above....

The Poles want to equip their territorials with truck-mounted 105s like the Hawkeye. Apparently what they saw in Ukraine impressed them.

After Ukrainian Trials, U.S. Pushes Hawkeye 105mm SPH To Poland's Territorial Forces | Defense Express

Poland's Territorial Defense wants 105mm artillery, being actively offered American ultra-light Hawkeye SPH tested in Ukraine

en.defence-ua.com

I wonder if a portee version of the 105 could be developed using the Hawkeye recoil mechanism. Then it could be fired mounted and dismounted. A Canadian development opportunity?

 

[Kirkhill]

And the Swedes, of the Archer family, are finding room for tracked SPHs in their arsenal.

https://militarnyi.com/en/news/sweden-considers-tracked-self-propelled-howitzer-k9-thunder-emerges-as-leading-candidate/

As I said above --- all of the above.

 

[Kirkhill]

Another one for Hawkeye 105s

https://thedefensepost.com/2025/12/17/kosovo-cannon-humvees/

 

[FJAG]

Another one for Hawkeye 105s

https://thedefensepost.com/2025/12/17/kosovo-cannon-humvees/

"Another" would indicated there had been at least one before this, but . . .

AM General said that its contract with Kosovo marks the first sale of the HUMVEE Hawkeye since its inception.

It doesn't say how many they are buying but based on the fact they currently have only mortars for their three infantry regiments, I'd guess one 18-gun battalion at best.