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The FH70, short for field howitzer for the 1970s, is a towed 155 mm howitzer jointly developed by the United Kingdom, West Germany and Italy and built by VSEL, Rheinmetall and OTO Melara, with Japan Steel Works producing it under license. It entered service in 1978 and remains in active use with Italy, Japan, which built 480 under license, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Ukraine, having formerly also equipped the militaries of Estonia, Germany, Malaysia, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Caliber
155mm 1
Service Status
In Service 2
Weapon Class
Towed 155 mm howitzer 3
Introduced Year
1978 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Howitzer / Artillery 3
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Sources
1. Wikidata: FH70
Wikidata Q1388247, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
2. Wikipedia: FH70
  • service-status
    service = 1978-present
  • Caliber attribute (fh70)
    The FH70, short for field howitzer for the 1970s, is a towed 155 mm howitzer jointly developed by the United Kingdom, West Germany and Italy and built by VSEL, Rheinmetall and OTO Melara, with Japan Steel Works producing it under license.
  • Used In: Russo-Ukrainian War, Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: Russo-Ukrainian War
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3. Wikipedia: FH70
  • Lead paragraph, sentence 1
    towed 155 mm howitzer
  • Infobox, service
    1978
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