Indirect Fires Modernization Project - C3/M777 Replacement

[GR66]

IMHO, we are really missing the efficiencies that reserve service can bring to an arm like the artillery if we do not form hybrid regiments. There is zero reason that all the weapon systems that the artillery should have - from M777s, to SPs, to HIMARS, to loitering munitions, to GBAD, to STA - can’t be operated by properly configured hybrid units.

To borrow a term from my kid's Harry Potter books, the Regs don't want their units contaminated with "mudbloods".

 

[Kirkhill]

ROGUE update - the self-driving gun-carriage continues to develop

U.S. Marine Corps just tested a self-driving artillery platform

Overland AI has integrated its autonomous driving system onto the U.S. Marine Corps' Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary Fires platform, demonstrating the ability to maneuver an unmanned ground vehicle through contested terrain without human intervention. The Seattle-based company...

defence-blog.com

 

[HavokFour]

English language news media in SK is picking up on our potential interest in K9's.

Not a whole lot of new information.

Canada is the latest country eyeing the K9. Lt. Gen. Michael Wright, commander of the Canadian Army, recently told local news agency Yonhap that Ottawa is in talks with the Korean military defense giant.

"The K9 howitzers, I know, is something that Hanwha has spoken about," said Wright. "The Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicle is another example." The interview came in the backdrop of Hanwha Aerospace being a contender to supply up to 98 systems under Ottawa's roughly $1 billion Indirect Fires Modernization program.

"The Canadian Army is in the midst of our largest modernization of equipment in over 25 years, and we're looking in accordance with our defense industrial strategy — what we can do to rapidly accelerate bringing new equipment into the Canadian Army," said Wright.

Canada eyes Hanwha K9 as Korean howitzer becomes NATO's Arctic gun of choice

The K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzer is becoming a fixture of Arctic defense, a track record that now gives manufacturer Hanwha Aerospace an edge in purchase talks with Canada as Ottawa overhauls its land-based artillery.

koreajoongangdaily.joins.com