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Army Seeking Upgraded, Adaptable Ammo Resupply Capability For Future Howitzer

Army Seeking Upgraded, Adaptable Ammo Resupply Capability For Future Howitzer
Soldiers assigned to B Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, pause their convoy just south of Latvia’s border with Estonia for a break while travelling along the Baltic Sea coastline following a live-fire training mission, May 22. Soldiers transported Light Medium Tactical Vehicles and M777 A2 towed howitzers. Photo: (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Paige Behringer, 10th Press Camp Headquarters)

The Army has detailed its search for a new ammunition resupply capability to support its future mobile howitzer, seeking industry’s adaptable solutions to replace its “unreliable” legacy equipment. A new Call for Solutions notice outlines plans to potentially award multiple prototype deals to support the effort, detailing an interest in a comprehensive capability to transport and deliver 155mm artillery ammunition for the eventual Mobile Tactical Cannon (MTC) platform that “increases the speed of ammunition transfer, reduces soldier fatigue and maximizes…

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