Spain seeks fresh artillery on wheels and caterpillars

Spain is presently utilizing about 95 M109A5E caterpillars, which, due to their tactical and method parameters and service time, are already obsolete. Therefore, it is planned to acquisition a fresh artillery on track and wheel traction. In total, Madrid plans to get 145 cannonohabic, of which 36 on a wheel chassis, and 109 on caterpillars. However, according to the Spanish Infodefensa service, these figures may change. According to the assumptions, the fresh artillery is to have a barrel of coal. 155 mm with a dimension of 47-52 calibers with a burden capacity exceeding 40 km in the case of the usage of gas-generator ammunition. Thus, the fresh construction will importantly increase the firepower of Spanish artillerymen presently able to mark at a distance of up to 30 km utilizing M109.