155-mm M-68 Soltam towed howitzer
Country of Origin: Israel
description
The 155-mm M-68 gun/howitzer is towed on a four-wheel carriage and stabilized in the firing position with split trials.
The recoil mechanism is under the barrel with the counter-recoil mechanism on top. The equilibrators are on either side of the barrel and the elevating wheel is on the left side of the carriage. The barrel is fitted with a single-baffle muzzle brake and fume extractor.
The M-68 fires standard NATO 155-mm ammunition that includes high-explosive (HE),...
Please log in to continue reading.
Not yet a subscriber? Take a free trial.
Military Periscope gives you easy-to-use, integrated, open-source intelligence on…
- More than 7,500 weapons systems and platforms
- Nearly every country's armed forces
- Militant organizations
Try Military Periscope free for seven days
Your online source for military news, weapons, and nation's armed forces worldwide
Military Periscope FEDLINK information
Service ID: UC
Contract Number: LCFDL24D0002
Military Periscope is a product of GovExec.
600 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 510,
Washington DC, 20037, USA.
customerservice@militaryperiscope.com
©Military Periscope 2024
All rights reserved. Redistribution of the content is prohibited without prior consent of Military Periscope.