The Archer artillery system is a Swedish truck-mounted 155 mm howitzer built for fast deployment and precision fire. This ...

KARLSKOGA, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Swiss government has shortlisted BAE Systems’ ARCHER 155mm mobile howitzer as one of the systems going into the final round of competition for its future ...

The howitzer is one of the more steadfast implements of modern warfare, a long-ranged artillery with a firing curve between the parabolic arc of a mortar and the straight shot of a cannon. It's a ...

Swedish service members are seen near an Archer howitzer on Oct. 14, 2017, during an exercise in the country. (Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images) LONDON — The British Army is buying ...

BAE Systems and Sweden sign a letter of intent for the country to add more Archer 155mm mobile howitzers to its fleet. (Courtesy of BAE Systems) PARIS — Sweden has committed to buying more Archer ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BAE Systems, Inc.’s 155mm ARCHER wheeled howitzer system successfully completed testing during the U.S. Army’s “shoot off” evaluation, as the service evaluates whether to ...

Howitzers are impressive weapons. The term has been coined long ago (read centuries), but it only got to be used extensively during the Second World War, when the use of artillery systems really took ...

The Archer fires a 155mm round during a training exercise in Sweden. Soldiers from the British Army’s Royal School of Artillery are learning what it takes to operate the Archer Mobile Howitzer. On the ...

Ukrainian artillery units have received 26 modern Archer self-propelled howitzers from Sweden. The Armed Forces of Ukraine say the systems demonstrate high accuracy and rapid performance on the front ...

WARSAW, Poland — Latvia’s government has approved the planned purchase of Archer 155 mm self-propelled howitzers for the country’s armed forces. As part of the procurement, which are made by BAE ...

In the 11 months since Russia widened its war on Ukraine, Kyiv’s allies have donated a dizzying array of artillery—no fewer than 700 towed and self-propelled howitzers of four main calibers. A few are ...