The Army's Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) system successfully hit a target 43 miles away, or 70 kilometers, during a test at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona on Saturday. The successful test ...

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The Army is fast-tracking an emerging program to engineer a longer-range artillery cannon able to out range enemy ground forces by hitting targets at more than twice the distance of existing artillery ...

The Army’s new Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) has now hit a record 43 miles. That’s the longest verified distance for a howitzer. But a new Russian howitzer might be able to shoot just as far, ...

For years, U.S. military planners warned that American artillery was being outranged by newer Russian and Chinese systems.

The ERCA systems also uses a redesigned cab, new breech design and new “muzzle brake,” the official explained. “The ERCA program develops not only the XM907 cannon but also products, such as the ...

IMPORTANT: A 70-kilometer target range is, by any estimation, a substantial leap forward for artillery; when GPS guided precision 155mm artillery rounds, such as Excalibur, burst into land combat ...