- Domain
- Land
- NCF capability
- Land fires
- Military Balance category
- Self-propelled artillery
- SIPRI category
- Artillery
- Evidence that places a platform here
- self.propelled (howitzer|artillery|gun) · \bSPH\b · \bSPGs?\b · truck.mounted (howitzer|gun) · wheeled howitzer
The 24 nations
None, legacy only, modern, or modern and on order. Modern: in service from 1995, or the current generations of fighters, tanks, submarines and long-range air defence.
United StatesLegacy only · 2United KingdomModern · 2AustraliaModern and on order · 1FranceNoneGermanyLegacy only · 1JapanNoneSouth KoreaModern · 2CanadaNoneItalyLegacy only · 2IndiaModern and on order · 2TürkiyeModern · 5Saudi ArabiaModern · 3BrazilLegacy only · 1IndonesiaLegacy only · 3MexicoLegacy only · 2ArgentinaLegacy only · 1South AfricaLegacy only · 1RussiaModern · 10ChinaLegacy only · 6IsraelLegacy only · 2UkraineModern · 11TaiwanLegacy only · 1IranModern · 5North KoreaLegacy only · 3
Generation timeline
Each platform from its first flight or launch to today, the 40 most operated, earliest in service first. Grey is development and, after the lead operator retires it, the years other nations keep it; colour is service.
- Development, from first flight or launch
- In service, from first deployment
- After its lead operator retires it, still held elsewhere
- Today
- Flag beside the name: the home country
Dates from Wikidata: first flights or launches for 0 of these 16, retirements for 0. A bar without grey at its start has no first flight recorded.
Platforms
Ranked by the number of the 24 nations that hold each.
| Platform | Operators | Active | On order | In service | Generation | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M109 | 9 | 2,570 | USA | |||
| K9 Thunder | 5 | 1,680 | 24 | 1999 | KOR | |
| 2S1 Gvozdika | 3 | 625 | 1972 | SUN | ||
| Panzerhaubitze 2000 | 3 | 193 | 43 | DEU | ||
| 2S19 Msta | 2 | 485 | 1989 | SUN | ||
| 2S3 Akatsiya | 2 | 720 | 1971 | SUN | ||
| 2S5 Giatsint-S | 2 | 100 | 1978 | SUN | ||
| 2S7 Pion | 2 | 145 | 1976 | SUN | ||
| Archer | 2 | 22 | 2016 | SWE | ||
| Koksan | 2 | 30 | 1978 | PRK | ||
| M107 | 2 | 22 | 1963 | USA | ||
| M108 | 2 | 4 | USA | |||
| 155 mm SpGH Zuzana | 1 | 8 | SVK | |||
| 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV | 1 | 8 | RUS | |||
| 2S40 Flox | 1 | 2023 | RUS | |||
| 2S43 Malva | 1 | 20 | RUS | |||
| AMX-30 AuF1 | 1 | 1977 | FRA | |||
| AS-90 | 1 | 20 | GBR | |||
| Chuch'e-Po | 1 | |||||
| DN-V Bufalo | 1 | MEX | ||||
| Dongfeng EQ2050 | 1 | CHN | ||||
| FH-2000 | 1 | 8 | 1993 | SGP | ||
| G6 howitzer | 1 | 153 | ZAF | |||
| M8 | 1 | 1943 | USA | |||
| Mk 61 | 1 | 54 | FRA | |||
| PCL-09 | 1 | CHN | ||||
| PLL-05 | 1 | 450 | CHN | |||
| PLZ-45 | 1 | 54 | 2000 | CHN | ||
| Palmaria | 1 | 20 | ITA | |||
| RCH 155 | 1 | 36 | 70 | DEU | ||
| Raad-2 | 1 | 1997 | IRN | |||
| SIGMA 155 | 1 | ISR | ||||
| T-155 Fırtına | 1 | 310 | 2005 | TUR | ||
| Tokchon | 1 |
Fingerprints
Each nation's equipment fingerprint with only self-propelled artillery in colour.
United States M109 370, M109A7 300
United Kingdom Archer 14, AS-90 –
Australia AS9 Huntsman 6
Germany Panzerhaubitze 2000 101
South Korea K9 Thunder 1,240, M109 1,040
Italy Panzerhaubitze 2000 64, RCH 155 –
India K9 Thunder 100, Mounted Gun System (MGS) –
Türkiye K9 Thunder 280, T-155 Fırtına Fırtına I 280, T-155 Fırtına Fırtına II 30
Saudi Arabia PLZ-45 54, AMX-30 AuF1 –, M109 –
Brazil M109 109
Indonesia AMX Mk 61 54, M109A4-BE 36, FH-2000 8
Mexico DN-V Bufalo Armed with 75 mm M8 howitzer –, M8 75 mm –
Argentina Palmaria 20
South Africa G6 howitzer 153
Russia 2S3 Akatsiya 600, 2S19 Msta 450, 2S1 Gvozdika 400
China PLZ-10 800, PLL-05 450, Dongfeng EQ2050 –
Israel M109 250, SIGMA 155 –
Ukraine 2S1 Gvozdika 125, 2S3 Akatsiya 120, M109 90
Taiwan M109 158–292
Iran M109 105–195, 2S1 Gvozdika 42–78, Koksan 21–39
North Korea Chuch'e-Po –, Koksan –, Tokchon –