The M198 howitzer is one of Rock Island Arsenal's most successful products. Beginning in 1968, it was developed to replace the M114A2 that had been the standard 155MM howitzer since 1941. Primary ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: For a real sense of just how light this thing is, one of the gun’s World War II-era ancestors, the 240mm M1 howitzer, weighed in at 64,700 pounds, and another ...

The Marines of Fox Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment recently tested 19 M198 howitzers at the Prospect Range on the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., the ...