A 155mm shell is loaded into the massive, almost 10,000-pound gun. A few seconds later, a US Army soldier yells out. "Fire!" At the tug of a thin rope, the deadly projectile is launched from the ...

Summary and What You Need to Know: The M777 Howitzer, a lightweight yet powerful artillery system, has proven vital on the ...

More nations are considering adding M777s to their forces based on the success of this howitzer in Ukraine and earlier in Syria. One of the more notable combat achievements of the M777 occurred in ...

The M777 towed howitzer had previously been produced for ... and in total Kyiv received 152 of the towed artillery pieces. As the conflict turned into a slug match – and earned comparisons ...

The 94,000 sq ft (8,730 sq m) facility will produce 155 mm M777 ... artillery capability, according to a BAE Systems statement on 15 November. The facility will bring production of the howitzer ...

The M777 was designed by the now-defunct Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering between 1987 and 2003 and officially debuted in 2005 (smack dab in the middle of the Global War on Terror).

BAE Systems has drawn up plans to build an artillery factory in Sheffield ... which will be used to manufacture its M777 lightweight howitzer. The weapon was previously used in Afghanistan and ...

The cannon itself has 45 degrees of lateral ... and the Marine Corps though it is being replaced by the M777 ultra-lightweight 155mm howitzer in selected units.

BAE Systems will open a £25m artillery factory in Sheffield as part ... On Friday the company said the facility will begin making M777 towed howitzers next year, creating 50 skilled jobs locally.