The U.S. Navy also sought to equip the Zumwalt-class destroyers with the 155mm Advanced Gun System, which proved to be a failure due to the high cost of the ammunition. Currently, the service's ...

The M198 155mm howitzer is a towed field artillery piece ... The M198 is transported trail first, with the gun suspended over a single pair of traveling wheels. While deployed forward for firing ...

Ammunition for the three ships’ 155mm gun systems was deemed unaffordable and the Navy elected not to find a new round for the weapons. In 2022, then Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday ...

Their advanced weapon system comprises a 155mm naval gun that fires 600 rounds in 30 minutes and has a range of 83 nautical miles (154 kilometers). This allows the ships to attack from a distance ...

The U.S. Navy is gearing up to test its first at-sea platform equipped ... Since it arrived in 2023, the ship has removed its forward 155mm gun mount, making way for the four missile tubes. Each tube ...

The U.S. Navy also sought to equip the Zumwalt-class destroyers with the 155mm Advanced Gun System, which proved to be a failure due to the high cost of the ammunition. Currently, the service’s ...