For the first time, the lightest weight, most highly maneuverable self-propelled howitzer in the world is being used in Ukraine.

2-CT Hawkeye is 105mm Mobile Howitzer System (MHS) on the M1152 HMMWV chassis. The artillery system was handed over for performance testing by the American company AM General back in April of this year, but the actual confirmation of this has only now appeared.

National Information Portal “Tysk”

The Hawkeye light artillery system was developed by AM General and the Mandus Group. 

The systems are to be tested on real targets. “We recently put a 105-mm system into Ukraine. We shipped it in spring. This system is destined to become one of the first soft recoil systems in combat. It’s going into combat to test on live targets,” said Mike Evans, AM General representative.

The 2-CT Hawkeye MHS lightweight SPG has high mobility, a wide range of transport aircraft and helicopters, including sling transportation and parachute drop. As a result, a very compact self-propelled gun weighing only 4.4 tons was obtained

This system is best suitable for airborne forces and units intended for operations in difficult terrain. The crew consists of four people, but in case, two people can operate.

Among main advantages: 

  • Maximum Firing Range up to 12.2 miles (19.5 Km) *with Rocket Assisted Projectiles (RAP)
  • Rate of fire is 8 rounds per minute in the first three minutes after opening fire and 3 rounds per minute during sustained fire
  • High speed, up to 100 km/h
  • Platform stability is provided by four hydraulic stabilizers.
  • The 2-CT Hawkeye self-propelled artillery can fire its first shot within a minute and a half after stopping, and it takes three minutes to leave the position.

In combat situations like those in Ukraine, this system could be very effective in repelling waves of Russian infantry assaults on Ukrainian defense lines using shoot-and-scout tactics.

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