Drive it, send it!
A battery of the 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment has been documenting their testing of the Mandus Group’s Hawkeye Mobile Weapon System over the past few weeks. I first noticed the platform back in 2012. The system blends an M20 howitzer, capable of firing all NATO standard 105mm semi-fixed ammunition, with an HMMWV chassis. Using an automated digital fire control system, Hawkeye has what Mandus calls “soft recoil technology” while still coming in lighter than legacy systems according to the propaganda.
It looks pretty swag to tell you the truth, although unarmored.
More on the system (including videos!) in my column at Guns.com.