World's Top 10 Truck-Mounted artillery systems

Nr.1 Archer Sweden - The Archer is a Swedish next-generation self-propelled howitzer. Development of this artillery system began in 2003. First Archers were delivered to the Swedish Army in 2013.

Nr.2 G6 Rhino South Africa - Even though the G6 Rhino is an old design, it is still a very successful artillery system. First prototype was built in 1981. This artillery system saw action in Angola, even before it was mass produced. It entered service with the South African National Defense Forces in 1988. A number of these self-propelled howitzers were exported to United Arab Emirates and Oman.

Nr.3 Zuzana 2 Slovakia - he Zuzana 2 is a Slovak self-propelled howitzer. It evolved from the Czechoslovak DANA. The prototype was first publicly revealed in 2008. In 2018 Slovak Ministry of Defense ordered 25 of these artillery systems. Deliveries began in 2021.

Nr.4 CAESAR 8x8 France - The CAESAR 8x8 is a new French truck-mounted howitzer. Sometimes this artillery system is referred as CAESAR 2. It emerged more than 20 years after the original CAESAR was introduced and has some improvements over its predecessor. However basically it is an updated version of the CAESAR that can shoot faster, is more accurate, more mobile, and can carry more ammunition.

Nr.5 NORA B-52 Serbia - The NORA B-52 is a Serbian self-propelled artillery system. It was developed to replace older artillery equipment in service with Serbian Army. First batch of 12 artillery systems was delivered in 2007. It has been exported to Bangladesh 18, Myanmar 30, and Kenya 30.

Nr.6 ATMOS Israel - The ATMOS Autonomous Truck MOunted howitzer System self-propelled gun-howitzer was developed by Soltam of Israel as a private venture. It was aimed mainly at export customers. Official details on this artillery system were released in 2001.

Nr.7 CAESAR France - The CAESAR is a French truck-mounted howitzer. It was developed by GIAT to meet the fire support requirements of rapid deployment forces. The main concept behind the CAESAR was to mount a howitzer on an army truck, rather than to tow it.

Nr.8 SH-15 China - The SH-15 truck-mounted howitzer was developed in China. It was first observed in 2017. In 2018 or 2019 it was adopted by the Chinese army.

Nr.9 Type 19 Japan - The Type 19 is a new Japanese self-propelled howitzer, that was recently adopted. It was first publicly revealed in 2019. Japanese Ministry of Defense saw a need for a new mobile artillery system back in 2011 and development commenced in 2013.

DANA M1 CZ Czech Republic - The DANA M1 CZ is an upgraded version of the DANA that was adopted by the former Czechoslovakia in 1981. Currently the original DANA is in service with the Czech republic, Slovakia, Georgia, Poland and Libya. The new upgrade was developed by Excalibur Army. First prototype of the DANA M1 CZ was completed in 2011.

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