Rheinmetall and Elbit Systems conducted a live-fire demonstration of an automated 155 mm L52 10×10 SPH in March at the Shivta firing range in southern Israel. (Rheinmetall)

Rheinmetall and Elbit Systems announced in a joint press release on 16 May that they had conducted a live-fire demonstration of an automated 155 mm L52 10×10 self-propelled howitzer (SPH) at the beginning of March at the Shivta firing range in southern Israel. The two companies signed a co-operation agreement to develop, produce, and market a European fully automated wheeled 155 mm howitzer.

The test firing was witnessed by high-level military officials from Germany, whose armed forces are running the Future System, Indirect Fire, Medium-Range (Zukünftiges System Indirektes Feuer – Mittlere Reichweite: ZukSysIndF) programme, and the United Kingdom, which is seeking a Mobile Fires Platform (MFP) to replace its AS90 tracked SPHs. Also witnessing the test firing were high-level officials from the armed forces of the Netherlands and Hungary, which like the Bundeswehr operate the Panzerhaubitze (PzH) 2000 tracked SPH.

Rheinmetall and Elbit Systems conducted a live-fire demonstration of an automated 155 mm L52 10×10 SPH in March at the Shivta firing range in southern Israel. (Rheinmetall)

Rheinmetall and Elbit Systems announced in a joint press release on 16 May that they had conducted a live-fire demonstration of an automated 155 mm L52 10×10 self-propelled howitzer (SPH) at the beginning of March at the Shivta firing range in southern Israel. The two companies signed a co-operation agreement to develop, produce, and market a European fully automated wheeled 155 mm howitzer.

The test firing was witnessed by high-level military officials from Germany, whose armed forces are running the Future System, Indirect Fire, Medium-Range (Zukünftiges System Indirektes Feuer – Mittlere Reichweite: ZukSysIndF) programme, and the United Kingdom, which is seeking a Mobile Fires Platform (MFP) to replace its AS90 tracked SPHs. Also witnessing the test firing were high-level officials from the armed forces of the Netherlands and Hungary, which like the Bundeswehr operate the Panzerhaubitze (PzH) 2000 tracked SPH.

Rheinmetall and Elbit Systems conducted a live-fire demonstration of an automated 155 mm L52 10×10 SPH in March at the Shivta firing range in southern Israel. (Rheinmetall)

Rheinmetall and Elbit Systems announced in a joint press release on 16 May that they had conducted a live-fire demonstration of an automated 155 mm L52 10×10 self-propelled howitzer (SPH) at the beginning of March at the Shivta firing range in southern Israel. The two companies signed a co-operation agreement to develop, produce, and market a European fully automated wheeled 155 mm howitzer.

The test firing was witnessed by high-level military officials from Germany, whose armed forces are running the Future System, Indirect Fire, Medium-Range (Zukünftiges System Indirektes Feuer – Mittlere Reichweite: ZukSysIndF) programme, and the United Kingdom, which is seeking a Mobile Fires Platform (MFP) to replace its AS90 tracked SPHs. Also witnessing the test firing were high-level officials from the armed forces of the Netherlands and Hungary, which like the Bundeswehr operate the Panzerhaubitze (PzH) 2000 tracked SPH.

Rheinmetall and Elbit Systems conducted a live-fire demonstration of an automated 155 mm L52 10×10 SPH in March at the Shivta firing range in southern Israel. (Rheinmetall)

Rheinmetall and Elbit Systems announced in a joint press release on 16 May that they had conducted a live-fire demonstration of an automated 155 mm L52 10×10 self-propelled howitzer (SPH) at the beginning of March at the Shivta firing range in southern Israel. The two companies signed a co-operation agreement to develop, produce, and market a European fully automated wheeled 155 mm howitzer.

The test firing was witnessed by high-level military officials from Germany, whose armed forces are running the Future System, Indirect Fire, Medium-Range (Zukünftiges System Indirektes Feuer – Mittlere Reichweite: ZukSysIndF) programme, and the United Kingdom, which is seeking a Mobile Fires Platform (MFP) to replace its AS90 tracked SPHs. Also witnessing the test firing were high-level officials from the armed forces of the Netherlands and Hungary, which like the Bundeswehr operate the Panzerhaubitze (PzH) 2000 tracked SPH.

Rheinmetall and Elbit Systems conducted a live-fire demonstration of an automated 155 mm L52 10×10 SPH in March at the Shivta firing range in southern Israel. (Rheinmetall)

Rheinmetall and Elbit Systems announced in a joint press release on 16 May that they had conducted a live-fire demonstration of an automated 155 mm L52 10×10 self-propelled howitzer (SPH) at the beginning of March at the Shivta firing range in southern Israel. The two companies signed a co-operation agreement to develop, produce, and market a European fully automated wheeled 155 mm howitzer.

The test firing was witnessed by high-level military officials from Germany, whose armed forces are running the Future System, Indirect Fire, Medium-Range (Zukünftiges System Indirektes Feuer – Mittlere Reichweite: ZukSysIndF) programme, and the United Kingdom, which is seeking a Mobile Fires Platform (MFP) to replace its AS90 tracked SPHs. Also witnessing the test firing were high-level officials from the armed forces of the Netherlands and Hungary, which like the Bundeswehr operate the Panzerhaubitze (PzH) 2000 tracked SPH.

Rheinmetall and Elbit Systems conducted a live-fire demonstration of an automated 155 mm L52 10×10 SPH in March at the Shivta firing range in southern Israel. (Rheinmetall)

Rheinmetall and Elbit Systems announced in a joint press release on 16 May that they had conducted a live-fire demonstration of an automated 155 mm L52 10×10 self-propelled howitzer (SPH) at the beginning of March at the Shivta firing range in southern Israel. The two companies signed a co-operation agreement to develop, produce, and market a European fully automated wheeled 155 mm howitzer.

The test firing was witnessed by high-level military officials from Germany, whose armed forces are running the Future System, Indirect Fire, Medium-Range (Zukünftiges System Indirektes Feuer – Mittlere Reichweite: ZukSysIndF) programme, and the United Kingdom, which is seeking a Mobile Fires Platform (MFP) to replace its AS90 tracked SPHs. Also witnessing the test firing were high-level officials from the armed forces of the Netherlands and Hungary, which like the Bundeswehr operate the Panzerhaubitze (PzH) 2000 tracked SPH.