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155 mm Weapon Systems

Weapon systems and military equipment tagged 155 mm.

8 weapon systems

AH-4 155 mm howitzer, 155 mm lightweight towed howitzer, Artillery

ArtilleryAH-4 155 mm howitzer155 mm lightweight towed howitzerSide: Rapid Support ForcesBuilt: Norinco / ChinaThe AH-4 is a Chinese Norinco 155 mm lightweight towed howitzer built for rapid deployment and export use. In the Sudan War, Amnesty International identified the system in RSF-held material in Khartoum and said AH-4 howitzers were used in Darfur.

AH-1 155 mm Howitzer, 155 mm towed gun-howitzer, Artillery

ArtilleryAH-1 155 mm Howitzer155 mm towed gun-howitzerSide: Tigray forcesBuilt: Norinco / ChinaThe AH-1 is a Chinese 155 mm towed gun-howitzer associated with Norinco's PLL01/WA-021 artillery family and marketed as an export model with an auxiliary power unit. In the Tigray War, open-source documentation lists seven AH-1 howitzers among heavy weapons visually confirmed as operated by Tigray Defence Forces after large quantities of Ethiopian Army equipment fell into Tigrayan hands.

M198 155 mm howitzer, 155 mm towed howitzer, Artillery

ArtilleryM198 155 mm howitzer155 mm towed howitzerSide: Islamic StateBuilt: Rock Island Arsenal / United StatesThe M198 is a U.S.-designed 155 mm towed howitzer developed at Rock Island Arsenal to replace older M114-series guns. Its air-transportable carriage, nine-person crew, and 22-30 km range made it a standard U.S. Army and Marine Corps fire-support weapon before the lighter M777 replaced it in U.S. service. In the 2013-2017 Iraq war archive, the directly sourced use centers on Islamic State capture of Iraqi M198s in 2014 and reported firing of a captured gun.

TRF1, 155 mm towed howitzer, Artillery

ArtilleryTRF1155 mm towed howitzerSide: UkraineBuilt: Nexter / GIAT Industries / FranceThe TRF1 is a French 155 mm towed howitzer developed as a truck-towed, NATO-caliber field gun with its own auxiliary power unit for short autonomous moves. Former French systems supplied to Ukraine gave Ukrainian artillery units additional 155 mm fire-support capacity, with standard ammunition reaching about 24 km and extended-range rounds reaching roughly 30 km or more depending on ammunition type.

Zuzana 2, 155 mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer, Artillery

ArtilleryZuzana 2155 mm wheeled self-propelled howitzerSide: UkraineBuilt: Konstrukta-Defence / SlovakiaZuzana 2 is a Slovak 155 mm/52-caliber wheeled self-propelled howitzer built around an automated loading system and a Tatra 8x8 chassis. Its NATO-standard ammunition, long-range indirect-fire role, and documented deliveries to Ukraine make it part of the Western artillery support package used to strengthen Ukrainian tube artillery in the Russia-Ukraine War.

M825A1 155 mm White-Phosphorus Smoke Projectile, 155 mm white-phosphorus smoke projectile, Artillery

ArtilleryM825A1 155 mm White-Phosphorus Smoke Projectile155 mm white-phosphorus smoke projectileSide: IsraelBuilt: Pine Bluff Arsenal / General Dynamics / United StatesThe M825A1 is a U.S. 155 mm white-phosphorus smoke projectile designed to screen and mark; Amnesty International documented Israeli forces fielding M825A1/D528 rounds during the Israel-Hamas War.

M999 Barak Eitan, 155 mm cluster artillery projectile, Munitions

MunitionsM999 Barak Eitan155 mm cluster artillery projectileSide: IsraelBuilt: IMI Systems / Elbit Systems / IsraelThe M999 Barak Eitan is an Israeli 155 mm area-effects artillery projectile associated with the U.S. Army XM1208 C-DAEM designation. Open-source remnant analysis from southern Lebanon identifies it as a cluster munition carrying nine M99 submunitions, making it relevant to Israel-Hezbollah Conflict documentation where evidence is based on photographed remnants rather than an Israeli confirmation.

M982 Excalibur guided artillery projectile, 155 mm GPS/INS-guided artillery projectile, Munitions

MunitionsM982 Excalibur guided artillery projectile155 mm GPS/INS-guided artillery projectileSide: U.S.-led coalition and partner forces / United States and Afghan government forcesBuilt: Raytheon and BAE Systems Bofors / United States and SwedenM982 Excalibur is a co-developed U.S.-Swedish 155 mm precision artillery projectile that gives compatible howitzers first-round guided effects at extended range. In this catalog it is documented with U.S.-led coalition use in Operation Inherent Resolve and U.S. fielding and combat-use evidence from the War in Afghanistan.