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UK’s Light Fires Platform completes first phase

20th February 2024 - 09:01 GMT | by Christopher F Foss

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A Royal Artillery 105mm L118 Light Gun fitted with a Leonardo Laser Inertial Artillery Pointing System. (Photo Leonardo)

The Royal Artillery’s Light Fires Platform has been put forward as a potential replacement for the towed 105mm L118 Light Gun.

The UK’s Defence Scientific and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has completed the pre-concept phase (PCP) of the Light Fires Platform (LFP). The platform has been touted as a potential replacement for the towed 105mm L118 Light Gun currently deployed by the Royal Artillery (RA).

The 105mm L118 Light Gun was introduced in the mid-1970s and has seen combat by the RA in the Falklands, Afghanistan and Iraq.

Production of the weapon – the best-selling 105mm gun in the world which has been sold to almost 20 countries – was undertaken at the Royal Ordnance Factory (subsequently BAE Systems) at Nottingham which closed

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