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Army

Army Exploring New Tracked Howitzer Modernization Effort

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026

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Army Exploring New Tracked Howitzer Modernization Effort

M109-52. Photo: BAE Systems.

The Army is exploring a tracked howitzer modernization effort to deliver a new platform for armored formations, according to a recently published Request for Information (RFI) notice. The service reiterated the Mobile Tactical Cannon-Tracked (MTC-T) initiative would be separate from its Mobile Tactical Cannon-Wheeled (MTC-W) program, where the service recently selected Hanwha Defense USA’s (HDUSA) K9 Mobile Howitzer platform. “This RFI must be recognized as a new and distinctly separate effort from the MTC-W effort,” the Army wrote in the…

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