Defence Notes

Eurosatory 2022: Eurenco seals three deals

20th June 2022

Eurenco revealed at Eurosatory that it is to provide 155mm modular charges, components for antitank weapons and combustible items for 120mm tank ammunition.

Land Warfare

Eurosatory 2022: Belgium seeks interoperability with new Caesar artillery vehicles

16th June 2022

France places order for Caesar 6x6 artillery vehicle to be delivered to the Belgian Armed Forces.

Land Warfare

Eurosatory 2022: Lithuania aims to order Caesar

13th June 2022

The Lithuanian defence minister intends to sign ‘the first letter of intent’ this week to acquire 18 Caesar 155mm self-propelled howitzers.

Towed guns

SIAC 155mm/52cal

The SIAC 155mm/52cal towed howitzer is the latest derivative of the 155mm/52cal APU SBT howitzer originally developed by GDELS-SBS in the 1990s to meet a ...

Self-propelled guns

Morana

Developed by Excalibur Army, the Morana is a 155mm self-propelled-howitzer capable of hitting targets up to 41km away. The howitzer is mounted on a Tatra Force ...

Self-propelled guns

AGM/RCH 155

The Artillery Gun Module (AGM) was developed as a private venture by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann to provide a lightweight and fully automated artillery system with the ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

Boxer Tracked

At Eurosatory 2022, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has unveiled a tracked version of the 8x8 Boxer armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) with an increased gross vehicle weight and ...

Self-propelled guns

Caesar 8x8

Caesar is a 155mm self propelled artillery system. Launched at Eurosatory 2016, it is primarily intended to offer more payload than the 6x6 variant. Denmark ...

Mine-protected vehicles

Aravis

Nexter unveiled its 12.5t Aravis at Eurosatory 2008, and in April 2009, the company received a launch order for 15 vehicles to equip French Army ...

Self-propelled guns

Caesar 6x6

Nexter’s Caesar (CAmion Equipé d’un Système d’ARtillerie) 6x6 is a 155mm/52cal weapon mounted on a Renault Trucks Defense 6x6 Sherpa chassis. The configuration was chosen ...

Land: RWS

Mangart 300

The Mangart 300 unmanned turret is being developed by a consortium of seven Slovenian companies led by Valhalla Turrets. Armed with a Northrop Grumman XM813 ...

Tanks

Panther KF51 MBT

Rheinmetall unveiled the KF51 Panther at Eurosatory 2022. The MBT uses Leopard 2 components in its bare chassis but with a brand new turret. Its main armament is the ...

Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - small

Golden Eagle

The Golden Eagle is a small rotary-wing UAV manufactured by Steadictoper. Based on the Black Eagle 50H, the UAV incorporates the Smash Dragon system from Smart Shooter to ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

Trojan

In June 2022, Aeronautics launched the Trojan, an uncrewed platform that it describes as a hover plane. A user can control the electrically powered UAV via ...

Towed guns

105mm Light Gun

The 105mm Light Gun was designed and manufactured by Royal Ordnance Nottingham (now BAE Systems), with the first guns introduced to the British Army in ...

Self-propelled guns, Land: manned turrets

T6 Turret

Building on its experience producing the G6 6x6 155mm SPH, Denel Land Systems developed the T6 155mm/52cal turret, first shown publicly in 2003, for the ...

Towed guns

AH4

In 2010, Norinco revealed that it was developing the AH4 155mm/39cal Lightweight Gun Howitzer to provide a lightweight alternative to its 12.5t AH1 155mm/45cal and ...

Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - small

Black Eagle 50

Manufactured by Steadicopter, the Black Eagle 50 family are rotary-wing VTOL UAVs designed to provide ISR capabilities to maritime and land operators. The platform comes in ...