At the tug of a thin rope, the deadly projectile is launched from the artillery cannon. Soaring into the ... conduct live-fire training on the M777 howitzer, a towed artillery piece that has ...

In 2005, the Army and Marine Corps began fielding the M777, a much smaller, lighter (9,000 pounds lighter) and more maneuverable towed cannon weapon ... enabling artillery units to move faster ...

It can take months to get a M777 repaired and back in service. Most of the damaged or destroyed M777s were hunted down and attacked by Russian drones. The Ukrainians have done the same to Russian ...

While the production of the structures will occur in the UK's Steel City, final integration and testing of the M777 will still ... sustain and revitalize its artillery capabilities, and to ...

"In the area of the settlement of Georgiyevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, a position was uncovered and a US-made M777 artillery system that shelled Donetsk residential areas was destroyed ...

"In the Kherson area, a US-made M777 artillery system and two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery guns were destroyed in counter-battery fire," the spokesman said.

(BAE Systems) BAE Systems is building a new artillery development and production facility in Sheffield in the UK. The 94,000 sq ft (8,730 sq m) facility will produce 155 mm M777 lightweight towed ...

The general's comments on towed artillery, systems like the M777 howitzer ... The strategic long-range cannon with a 1,000-mile range never came about, and the Army recently decided that its ...

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.