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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Before the ceasefire: A harrowing visual journey through the Lebanon-Israel conflict

This photo essay captures the destruction and human toll of the Lebanon-Israel conflict leading up to the ceasefire. ISRAELI MILITARY RESPONSE TO GAZA An Israeli M109 155mm self-propelled howitzer fires rounds near the Gaza border in southern Israel on October 11, 2023. An Israeli army M109 155mm self-propelled howitzer fires rounds near the border with Gaza in southern Israel on …

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1 month ago

Self-propelled howitzer unveiled at Zhuhai show

China Daily

China North Industries Group Corp, the country's biggest developer of land armaments, has developed a new self-propelled howitzer model that features an unmanned turret and remote-control capability. The cannon is a high-end product in the artillery portfolio of China North Industries Group Corp, which is commonly known as Norinco and is the dominant contractor for the People's Liberation Army Ground …

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1 month ago

Self-propelled howitzer unveiled at Zhuhai show

China Daily

China North Industries Group Corp, the country's biggest developer of land armaments, has developed a new self-propelled howitzer model that features an unmanned turret and remote-control capability. The cannon is a high-end product in the artillery portfolio of China North Industries Group Corp, which is commonly known as Norinco and is the dominant contractor for the People's Liberation Army Ground …

Cheng

1 month, 1 week ago

Multibagger Stock: PTC Industries surges over 275% in 2 years, achieves 3,200% growth in 4 years

Live Mint

Multibagger Stock: PTC Industries, an engineering component manufacturer, has experienced a remarkable surge in its share performance in recent years, driving substantial growth in shareholder wealth. In September, the company secured a significant order from Israel Aerospace Industries for the supply of titanium-cast components for aerospace applications. Milestone agreements with global aerospace OEMs The company has signed agreements or entered …

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3 months ago

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy visits Pennsylvania ammunition factory to thank workers

Hindustan Times

SCRANTON, Pa. — Under extraordinarily tight security, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday visited the Pennsylvania ammunition factory that is producing one of the most critically needed munitions for his country's fight to fend off Russian ground forces. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy visits Pennsylvania ammunition factory to thank workers His visit to the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant kicked off a busy …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

South Korea: Flying aboard the AC-130J Ghostrider, carrying America’s biggest gun in the sky

CNN

Above the Korean Peninsula CNN — As the US Air Force AC-130J flies over South Korea’s towering apartment blocks, its powerful cameras can almost see inside windows on the highest floors. AC-130 gunners Joe Gipson and Isaac Dowell tend the 105mm cannon aboard a US Air Force AC-130J during a live-fire exercise over South Korea. CNN senior global military affairs …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Russia keeps up the front-line pressure before Ukraine receives a boost from Western military aid

The Independent

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Inside the 115-year-old factory in Joe Biden's hometown aiming to churn out 36,000 shells a month for Ukraine to fire at Russian troops

Daily Mail

At the center of Joe Biden 's sleepy Pennsylvania hometown hums a 115-year-old brick factory working around the clock to turn massive heavy steel rods into 155mm artillery shells which will be fired on the frontlines in Ukraine. Completed 155mm shells made by the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant ready for shipment to a separate facility that will add explosive material …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says Russia has the initiative in the east but new Western aid is on the way

Associated Press

POKROVSK, Ukraine — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday his country’s army is facing “a really difficult situation” in eastern regions where troops are battling to hold at bay an intense Russian push along parts of the front line. Russia has sought to exploit Ukraine’s shortages of ammunition and manpower as the flow of Western supplies since the outbreak of …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel and Lebanon are prepping for a war neither wants, but many fear it’s becoming inevitable

Associated Press

BEIRUT — The prospect of a full-scale war between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia terrifies people on both sides of the border, but some see it as an inevitable fallout from Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza. Despite the deployment of U.N. peacekeepers, Hezbollah continues to operate in the border area, while Lebanon says Israel regularly violates its airspace …

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

Govt may place order for 307 ATAGS howitzers for Army before March 31

India TV News

The Defence Research Development Organisation is likely to place an order for 307 Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems before the end of the current financial year, the research wing's chairman Dr Samir V Kamat has informed ANI. DRDO developed 155 mm x 52 mm calibre howitzer gun with two private partners Tata Advanced Systems Ltd and Bharat Forge Ltd. "DRDO …

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1 year, 2 months ago

2,000 US troops put on deployment alert amid Middle East crisis: Pentagon

Hindustan Times

The US military has put 2,000 troops on deployment alert, the Pentagon said, in response to the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. US defense secretary Lloyd Austin placed the personnel and a range of units "on a heightened state of readiness through a prepare to deploy order," the Pentagon said, to be able “to respond quickly to …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Photos: Israel continues to bombard Gaza after Hamas attack

LA Times

Three weeks into the war between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers, nearly three dozen trucks carrying water, medicine and food entered Gaza from Egypt on Sunday while tanks and infantry pushed into Gaza as part of what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a “second stage” in the war, which was ignited by Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7 incursion into …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Atmanirbhar Bharat: Indian Army to buy 400 howitzers from domestic firms

Firstpost

The Indian Army has already released a tender to locate a mounted gun system for its needs along the borders with China and Pakistan in addition to one to find 307 Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems The Indian Army has submitted a proposal to the Defence Ministry to purchase 400 howitzers from Indian companies as part of a massive effort …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Russians press Ukraine in the northeast to distract from more important battles in counteroffensive

Associated Press

LYMAN, Ukraine — Concealed under pine branches in the forests of northeast Ukraine, the muzzle of a Soviet-era howitzer rises, aiming for a group of approaching Russian infantrymen many kilometers away. Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar urged observers to measure Ukrainian progress not in kilometers or meters but “by the very fact that we are successful in moving forward in …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Wimbledon 2023: Djokovic vs Hurkacz match halted by curfew

The Hindu

Novak Djokovic grabbed a two-set lead in his fourth round match against Hubert Hurkacz but only after withstanding a ferocious barrage of aces from the Pole before play was suspended at Wimbledon on Sunday. Djokovic will sleep a lot easier than he might have done if the 17th seed Hurkacz had taken the opening set after two aces saw him …

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1 year, 7 months ago

U.S. sending about $300 million in military aid to Ukraine

The Hindu

The U.S. is sending Ukraine about $300 million in additional military aid, including an enormous amount of artillery rounds, howitzers, air-to-ground rockets and ammunition as the launch of a spring offensive against Russian forces approaches, the Pentagon said on May 3. The latest shipment comes as Ukrainian officials say they are readying a counteroffensive — with Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Why the 155 mm round is so critical to the war in Ukraine

LA Times

155 mm M795 artillery projectiles at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pa. As Ukraine prepares for an intense counteroffensive this spring, it will likely need to fire 7,000 to 9,000 155 mm shells a day, a Ukrainian official said. This is the most common middle ground, and that’s why it’s so widely used.” 155 MM HISTORY The French …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Explained: Why the 155 mm howitzer round is so critical in Russia-Ukraine war

Hindustan Times

The 155 mm howitzer round is one of the most requested artillery munitions of the war in Ukraine. This is the most common middle ground, and that’s why it’s so widely used.” 155 mm history The French first developed the 155 mm round to respond to World War I's extensive trench warfare, and early versions included gas shells, Keri Pleasant, …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Why the 155 mm round is so critical to the war in Ukraine

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The 155 mm howitzer round is one of the most requested artillery munitions of the war in Ukraine. This is the most common middle ground, and that’s why it’s so widely used.” 155 MM HISTORY The French first developed the 155 mm round to respond to World War I’s extensive trench warfare, and early versions included gas shells, …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Big worry for China, Pakistan as India prepares to acquire long range shells for M777 artillery

Firstpost

India has been using the M777 howitzer for a long time. The Indian Army has deployed these guns the high-altitude areas of the Line of Actual Control adjoining China Washington: American arms manufacturer General Atomics has manufactured 155 mm state-of-the-art artillery shells for the M777 howitzer. M777 artillery to use new long-range shell During the Sea Air Space 2023 event, …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Head of Russian military company claims gains in Ukraine’s Bakhmut, but no end in sight

LA Times

Ukrainian soldiers fire a self-propelled howitzer at Russian positions near Bakhmut, the site of heavy fighting in the Donetsk region. The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank that closely monitors the fighting in Ukraine, said Russian forces were likely in control in the areas cited by Prigozhin following a Ukrainian withdrawal. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Lots of Russian soldiers want to surrender. Ukraine makes it easier with a high-tech hotline

LA Times

Bound for the battlefield, sounding harried and anxious, the Russian soldier placed a hasty phone call — to a Ukrainian military hotline. VIDEO | 01:46 In Ukraine, Russian soldiers are calling this hotline to surrender Ukraine’s “I Want to Live” hotline instructs Russian soldiers on how to surrender. At a crucial juncture in an extraordinarily bloody war, Ukraine’s military is …

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1 year, 9 months ago

EU to speed up deliveries of howitzer shells for Ukraine

Associated Press

BRUSSELS — European Union officials and countries from the 27-nation bloc are discussing plans to dedicate an extra billion euros as well as setting up a joint procurement scheme to speed up the delivery of howitzer artillery rounds that Ukraine says are crucial to countering Russian forces. According to an EU official with direct knowledge of the project who briefed …

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Before the ceasefire: A harrowing visual journey through the Lebanon-Israel conflict

Self-propelled howitzer unveiled at Zhuhai show

Self-propelled howitzer unveiled at Zhuhai show

Multibagger Stock: PTC Industries surges over 275% in 2 years, achieves 3,200% growth in 4 years

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy visits Pennsylvania ammunition factory to thank workers

South Korea: Flying aboard the AC-130J Ghostrider, carrying America’s biggest gun in the sky

Russia keeps up the front-line pressure before Ukraine receives a boost from Western military aid

Inside the 115-year-old factory in Joe Biden's hometown aiming to churn out 36,000 shells a month for Ukraine to fire at Russian troops

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says Russia has the initiative in the east but new Western aid is on the way

Israel and Lebanon are prepping for a war neither wants, but many fear it’s becoming inevitable

Govt may place order for 307 ATAGS howitzers for Army before March 31

2,000 US troops put on deployment alert amid Middle East crisis: Pentagon

Photos: Israel continues to bombard Gaza after Hamas attack

Atmanirbhar Bharat: Indian Army to buy 400 howitzers from domestic firms

Russians press Ukraine in the northeast to distract from more important battles in counteroffensive

Wimbledon 2023: Djokovic vs Hurkacz match halted by curfew

U.S. sending about $300 million in military aid to Ukraine

Why the 155 mm round is so critical to the war in Ukraine

Explained: Why the 155 mm howitzer round is so critical in Russia-Ukraine war

Why the 155 mm round is so critical to the war in Ukraine

Big worry for China, Pakistan as India prepares to acquire long range shells for M777 artillery

Head of Russian military company claims gains in Ukraine’s Bakhmut, but no end in sight

Lots of Russian soldiers want to surrender. Ukraine makes it easier with a high-tech hotline

EU to speed up deliveries of howitzer shells for Ukraine