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- towed (howitzer|artillery|gun) · \bhowitzers?\b · field gun · artillery
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 StatesModern · 7United KingdomLegacy only · 1AustraliaModern · 2FranceModern · 5GermanyLegacy only · 1JapanLegacy only · 3South KoreaLegacy only · 3CanadaModern · 3ItalyLegacy only · 3IndiaModern and on order · 15TürkiyeModern · 14Saudi ArabiaModern · 12BrazilLegacy only · 7IndonesiaModern · 23MexicoLegacy only · 7ArgentinaLegacy only · 3South AfricaLegacy only · 5RussiaLegacy only · 10ChinaLegacy only · 13IsraelLegacy only · 4UkraineModern · 54TaiwanLegacy only · 8IranLegacy only · 15North KoreaLegacy only · 7
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 40, retirements for 2. A bar without grey at its start has no first flight recorded.
Platforms
Ranked by the number of the 24 nations that hold each.
Fingerprints
Each nation's equipment fingerprint with only towed artillery in colour.
United States M777 1,000, M119 821, L118 702
United Kingdom L118 126
Australia L118 111, M777 48
France MO-120-RT 174, CAESAR self-propelled howitzer 75, Crotale 7
Germany IRIS-T SLM 4
Japan MO-120-RT 514, 155 mm FH-70 howitzer 480, M110 91
South Korea M110 123, Crotale 120, 81 mm mortar –
Canada M101 howitzer 93, M777 33, GIAT LG1 28
Italy MO-120-RT 139, 155 mm FH-70 howitzer 90, OTO Melara Mod 56 18
India 105mm Indian Field Gun 2,400, Bofors 40 mm L/70 1,720, M46 1,000
Türkiye M19T 3,500, M29-A1 M29-E1 3,175, M30 1,265
Saudi Arabia MO-120-RT 251, M198 159, CAESAR self-propelled howitzer 156
Brazil 120mm M2 raiado 400, M101 howitzer 231, MO-120-RT 200
Indonesia M101 howitzer M2A2 180, M-48 (B-1A1-I) 126, 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) 75
Mexico M-56 105 mm –, M101 howitzer 105 mm –, M114 155 mm –
Argentina CITER 155 mm 108, OTO Melara Mod 56 64, Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket –
South Africa LLR 81mm 1,190, BL 5.5 inch gun 75, G5 75
Russia D-30 200, 152 mm gun 2A36 150, 152 mm howitzer 2A65 150
China Crotale –, D-30 –, M46 –
Israel 152 mm howitzer 2A65 –, EXTRA artillery rocket system –, Iron Beam –
Ukraine T-12 antitank gun MT-12 Rapira 200, M777 130, BM-21 Tornado-G 100
Taiwan M101 howitzer 455–845, M114 175–325, M29 112–208
Iran M46 690–1,280, D-30 378–702, M101 howitzer 91–169
North Korea S-60 420–780, KS-19 350–650, 122 mm gun M1931/37 (A-19) –