Japan Unveils 155mm/52 Wheeled Self Propelled Howitzer

29 Juni 2018

Prototype of Japanese 155-mm/52 wheeled self-propelled howitzer (photo : Japan MoD)

The Japanese Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency ATLA, reporting to the Ministry of Defense of Japan, on May 30, 2018, it received five prototypes of 155-mm/52 self-propelled howitzer on the wheeled chassis, commissioned and manufactured by Japan Steel Works, carried out by ATLA. 

It is interesting that this system is not made on the Japanese chassis, but on the basis of the German car MAN HX 32.440 with the wheel formula 8x8.

The perspective wheeled SPH is designed to replace the 155-mm/39 FH-70 towed howitzers in the Land Force of Japan's self-defense, previously produced from 1983 to 2008 under a European license by the same corporation Japan Steel Works. 

The development of wheeled SPH was carried out by order of ATLA from 2012, the total cost of R&D is estimated at 9.9 billion yen (more than $ 100 million). The swinging part of the automatic control system is a modified version of the 155-mm/52 howitzer used in the Japanese tracked SPH of the Type 99. The calculation of the wheeled SPH is five people.

(BMPD)