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Artillery

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U.S. Army Spc. Riley Bowling, a mortarman assigned to 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Mobile Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, conducts security measures around her Scorpion Light Mobile Mortar System during a counter landing life-fire exercise as part of Exercise Balikatan 2026 in Laoag City, Philippines, May 3, 2026. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military that represents the strength of our alliance, improves our capable combined force, and demonstrates our commitment to regional peace and prosperity. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Hunter Carpenter)
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This GPS-guided mortar system is meant to automate the call for fire

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 21, 2026

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, reload an M777 lightweight 155mm howitzer during a rehearsal for the 250th Amphibious Capabilities Demonstration at Red Beach combat town, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Oct. 17, 2025. The 250th Amphibious Capabilities Demonstration at Camp Pendleton marks the Marine Corps’ 250th birthday and America’s Semiquincentennial. The live-fire event highlights the Navy-Marine Corps team’s ability to integrate across air, land, and sea, showcasing the Corps’ enduring role as America’s force in-readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Aaron S. Patterson)
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Tube artillery isn’t dead, but it’s changing

By David Roza

Posted on Dec 8, 2025

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, reload an M777 lightweight 155mm howitzer during a rehearsal for the 250th Amphibious Capabilities Demonstration at Red Beach combat town, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Oct. 17, 2025. The 250th Amphibious Capabilities Demonstration at Camp Pendleton marks the Marine Corps’ 250th birthday and America’s Semiquincentennial. The live-fire event highlights the Navy-Marine Corps team’s ability to integrate across air, land, and sea, showcasing the Corps’ enduring role as America’s force in-readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Aaron S. Patterson)
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Marines fired artillery over freeway without warning during rehearsal

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 26, 2025

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Dashawn M. Rudesill, a cannoneer with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fires an M777 lightweight 155mm howitzer during a rehearsal for the 250th Amphibious Capabilities Demonstration at Red Beach combat town, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Oct. 17, 2025. The 250th Amphibious Capabilities Demonstration at Camp Pendleton marks the Marine Corps’ 250th birthday and America’s Semiquincentennial. The live-fire event highlights the Navy-Marine Corps team’s ability to integrate across air, land, and sea, showcasing the Corps’ enduring role as America’s force in-readiness. Rudesill is a native of Rushville, Illinois. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Aaron S. Patterson)
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Marine artillery shell detonates over freeway during Camp Pendleton event

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 19, 2025

A GMARS systems fires a GMLRS at White Sands Missile Range on August 4th, 2025.
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Meet GMARS, NATO’s next big rocket artillery system

By Kyle Gunn

Posted on Aug 19, 2025

U.S. Army paratroopers operate and analyze a first-person view (FPV) drone in-flight April 27, 2025. Photo by Sgt. Mariah Y. Gonzalez
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‘Brutality over precision’ — What the Army is learning from Russia in Ukraine

By Kyle Gunn

Posted on Jul 28, 2025

A M109 Paladin on a trailer that is stuck on railroad tracks bucks from a direct hit from a freight train.
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A train plowed into a M109 Paladin in transport. The Paladin mostly survived

By Joshua Skovlund, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 15, 2024

Combat engineers from the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division blast through a concrete wall during demolition training at Curry Demo July 17.
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Military to start cognitive tests for troops exposed to artillery, gunfire and explosions

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 12, 2024

Troops shooting artillery with rounds in the foreground.
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Army says supplying Ukraine, Israel with artillery will cost $3 billion

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 8, 2023

A Marine helicopter carries M777 artillery
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A joke about firing artillery at ‘water’ highlights shifting Pacific strategy

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 16, 2023

Soldiers firing artillery rounds
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Ukraine artillery production will pay off during Israel support, US officials say

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 9, 2023

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Army ramping up production of 155mm artillery shells next year

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 7, 2023

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Military buying more missiles and other weapons to fight China, Russia

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 14, 2023

Russian troops
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How would US troops fight a numerically superior enemy today?

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 10, 2023

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North Korea is developing a HIMARS for nuclear missiles

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 4, 2023

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Ukraine is using its old tanks as artillery amid trench warfare in Bakhmut

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jan 1, 2023