US unveils name for new mobile howitzer: ‘XM1776’

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The Army unveiled the name for its new mobile howitzer, the XM1776, in a ceremony at the annual Association of the United States Army expo on Monday.

The XM1776 self-propelled howitzer is the latest weapon to emerge from the flurry of weapons development influenced by lessons from the modern battlefield, primarily the war in Ukraine. The weapon, slated to become one of the workhorses of the U.S. artillery, was developed by the South Korean Hanwha in cooperation with the U.S.

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