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The FH-88 or Field Howitzer 88 was the first locally designed howitzer developed for the
*: Known to use 52 FH-88s.https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/27014/WP59.pdf
*: Known to have 5 FH-88s delivered in 1997.
Singapore Army official site
155 mm artillery Artillery of Singapore {{singapore-stub
Singapore Army
The Singapore Army is the Ground warfare, land Military branch, service branch of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). The largest of the Singapore Armed Forces#Organisation, four branches of the SAF, the Singapore Army traces its origins to the Inf ...
. It is a 155 mm/39-calibre towed howitzer gun.
Development
Ordnance Development and Engineering of Singapore (ODE, nowSingapore Technologies Kinetics
ST Engineering Land Systems Ltd (STELS), formerly known as ST Kinetics, is a strategic business area of ST Engineering and handles land systems and specialty vehicles.
In 2000, ST Engineering acquired the Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS) ...
) began development of the FH-88 in 1983 with five prototypes being produced over a period of four years. These were followed by a preproduction batch of six 155 mm FH-88 gun-howitzers that incorporated a number of improvements as a result of trials with the prototype weapons.
First production FH-88s were completed in 1987, with the weapon becoming operational with the Singapore Army the following year, replacing the Soltam M-71
The M-71 is a 155 mm 39 caliber towed howitzer manufactured by Israeli company Soltam Systems.
Design
The weapon was based on the earlier Soltam M-68 and uses the same recoil system, breech and carriage but had a longer gun barrel (39 calib ...
. The howitzer was publicly presented in 1988.
Operators
*: Known to use 52 FH-88s.https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/27014/WP59.pdf
*: Known to have 5 FH-88s delivered in 1997.
See also
* FH-2000 * SLWH Pegasus *SSPH Primus
The Singapore Self-Propelled Howitzer 1 (SSPH 1) Primus is a self-propelled howitzer armed with a 155 mm howitzer. Developed jointly by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and Singapore Techno ...
References
Bibliography
*Hogg, Ian. Twentieth-Century Artillery. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2000. Pg.70External links
Singapore Army official site
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