US Army scraps Extended Range Cannon Artillery prototype effort
2024年3月11日 · The U.S. Army is changing its approach to acquiring a long-range artillery capability and scrapping its 58-caliber Extended Range Cannon Artillery prototyping effort, …
M1299 howitzer - Wikipedia
The M1299 Howitzer was an American prototype 155 mm self-propelled howitzer developed by BAE Systems beginning in 2019 under the Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) …
Army Restarts, Renames Extended Range Cannon Program
2024年10月15日 · The service in late 2023 paused its Extended Range Cannon Artillery program after encountering problems with its 58-caliber cannon barrel. It has now redubbed it the Self …
Army Not Giving Up on Extended Range Cannon Goal
2024年9月9日 · But essentially, ERCA was putting a 58-caliber cannon on an M109A7 chassis with the minimal modifications required for the chassis to accommodate that cannon, he …
US Army Cancels Extended Range Cannon Artillery Program - The …
2024年3月12日 · The US Army has canceled its Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) program following a failed prototyping effort last year. Launched in 2018, the ERCA initiative …
Analysis: M1299 155mm 58 caliber tracked self-propelled howitzer ...
2019年12月14日 · The next generation of US Army tracked self-propelled howitzer is the M1299 based on the M109 series, the new 155mm 58 caliber howitzer was unveiled on the booth of …
U.S. Army terminates 58-caliber Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA …
2024年3月12日 · The ERCA programme sought to revolutionize the artillery capabilities of the U.S. Army by mounting a 30-foot, 58-caliber gun tube on the Paladin M109 self-propelled …
How the Army is maturing tech for an air defense cannon
2024年10月15日 · The ERCA, a 58-caliber cannon mounted on a Paladin Integrated Management howitzer, was intended to nearly double the range of current artillery systems — from roughly …
Long Range Cannon - GlobalSecurity.org
The M1299 155mm 58-caliber turreted self-propelled howitzer is under development in the Extended Range Cannon Artillery [ERCA] program. The US Army designated this new 155mm …
Army test will show how many shots its long-range cannon can take
2022年10月11日 · The Army is currently building 20 prototypes of the ERCA system: two for destructive testing and the remaining 18 for a battalion set to receive the weapons by the …