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In the annals of ambitious engineering projects, few have captured the imagination and courted controversy quite like Gerald Bull’s Supergun. Bull, a Canadian artillery expert, envisioned a gun that could …read more Continue reading The Tragic Story Of The Ill-Fated Supergun
Military models are great 3D printing projects, even more so if they are somewhat functional. [Flasutie] took it a step further by engineering a 3D-printed howitzer that doesn’t just sit …read more Continue reading POP! Goes The Hydrogen Howitzer
Boeing and defense company Nammo partnering with the US Army have set a new range record during an indirect fire test of a ramjet-powered artillery shell when a Ramjet 155-mm round was fired from a 58-caliber Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA).Cont… Continue reading Ramjet-powered artillery shell sets new range record
As the age of the smart weapon continues, Northrop Grumman has been awarded a US Navy contract to develop a new self-guided 57-mm artillery shell for the Navy’s Mk110 Naval Gun Mount medium-sized gun used on Littoral Combat Ships.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Northrop Grumman to build one-shot-one-kill shell for US Navy
Here at Hackaday, our aim is to bring you only the freshest of hacks, which carries the burden of being Johnny-on-the-spot with our source material. So if something of obvious …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: A Closer Look at the VT Proximity Fuze
BAE Systems and the US Army have successfully test fired a Sub-Caliber Artillery Long-Range Projectile with Enhanced Lethality from a 155 mm XM907E2 cannon at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico with double the range of current precision guided… Continue reading BAE Systems successfully tests artillery shell with double the range
The ongoing war in Ukraine is rewriting the playbook on infantry tactics and strategy The conflict is looking increasingly like a paradoxical march, one way into the 21st century and the other way back into the early 20th. Case in point is how, even th… Continue reading Invasion of Ukraine shows artillery still rules the battlefield
The war in Ukraine may be turning in Kyiv’s favor thanks to the deployment of American M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) precision multiple rocket launchers, which are reported to be wreaking havoc on Russian supply depots and command… Continue reading HIMARS rocket launcher may change the game in Ukraine
In an ad posted to Telegram, a volunteer on the frontlines of Russia’s war on Ukraine is offering to paint special messages onto shells that will be fired at Russians. Continue reading Ukrainians Will Write Your Message on Munitions Aimed at Russians for Donations
Northrop Grumman has carried out successful ground tests of a Solid Fuel RamJet (SFRJ) tactical engine that the company is developing for the US Army. Part of the Army’s XM1155 Extended-Range Artillery Projectile (ERAP) program, the engine is designed … Continue reading Tests of solid fuel ramjet engine to extend artillery range over 100 km