9/20/18

Future Israeli Howitzer Likely To Be Based On Oshkosh HEMTT

Through 20.9.18 til 3.10.18, the IDF will be throwing an exhibition for domestic purposes that will be open to the wide crowd, not to be confused with international defense exhibitions with orientation on striking defense deals.
In one of the videos the IDF prepared for the exhibition, it has showcased a mobile distributed mission control center. At some point in the video, it also showed artillery units. Except this time instead of the good ol' M109 'Doher' howitzers, those are Elbit's new howitzers, which consist of a turret that was showcased, and a HEMTT truck.


It is already known that the first batch of 100 howitzers will be wheeled (and that the next one may be tracked), and it is also known that the howitzer will utilize a common combat module in the form of an enclosed turret, that is platform-agnostic.
What we did not know yet is what platform it will utilize.

Of course, last year there was some glimpse into an Elbit presentation that included what seemed to be a turret mounted on a HEMTT, but the general notion was that it was just some idea they toyed around with.

At the time of announcement of Elbit's victory.
Apparently now it's much closer to being a hard fact.
The turret itself was shown to the public a while back as well, so we should know now how the whole system will look like.


The source for the image comes from here:

1 comment:

  1. looking good, Sholef on wheel, what is the weight of the turret? better to use 10×10 heavy tactical truck?

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