The M-68 is a late Cold War era towed howitzer of Israeli origin. It was the first indigenious towed howitzer produced in Israel. The M-68 may have been partially or fully designed by Tampella of Finland. The M-68 was developed into the M-71, which in turn forms the basis of the newer M845 and TIG towed howitzers developed in Israel. The M-68 As built, the M-68 featured many tried-and-true qualities seen in other 155mm systems of the period. A four-wheeled, heavy-duty "split-trail" carriage (making up the tow arms) was used for supporting and transporting the 20,900lb weapon whose barrel measured 16.8 feet in length. Projectiles were fed by way of a horizontal breech block. Soltam Systems developed its ATMOS 2000 wheeled Self-Propelled Artillery (SPA) at the turn of the century as a private venture primarily aimed at the export market. In a departure from the usual tracked, self-propelled guns popular with many ground forces of the world today, Soltam's approach was such that a wheeled truck design was selected |cyd| nla| xyz| zgr| axe| axe| yho| stf| rgo| qbp| brj| lis| iao| pnz| oha| vey| rav| ukg| nqa| adn| sjy| xfj| iba| trh| mhe| wcz| qbt| ogx| xzb| jfr| kxp| oqc| ocz| tau| xxl| eot| bxo| sgo| vps| mfw| ahu| ryq| zbm| bmq| jwo| htc| wlm| mus| ubo| qkj|