Vietnam has recently unveiled its new own design 105mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer 1701145.

The Ground Forces of Vietnam are currently equipped with lot of towed howitzer produced by United States as the M101 but also with Russian-made howitzers as D-20 152mm and D-30 122mm.

The M101 is 105mm towed howitzer designed and manufactured in United States. The M101 fires its own type of ammunitions and it has a maximum range of 11.5 km. The maximum rate of fire is 10 rounds which can be reduced to 3 during sustained fire.

Today, many armies in the world make the choice to use wheeled self-propelled howitzer to replace towed and tracked artillery weapon systems.

The greatest tactical advantage in the case of wheeled self-propelled artillery guns is clearly the greater degree of mobility they have compared to towed artillery. Not only is it important in offering military forces greater flexibility, but it is critical in avoiding attack from the enemy (counter-battery fire) by allowing the guns to change position immediately after firing one or more salvos and before their position can be located.

The new Vietnamese self-propelled howitzer uses old type of towed howitzer and truck to reduce costs and produce locally a weapon which response to the request of Vietnamese armed forces.

The system was displayed and tested for the first time at the Military training center of the Vietnamese Army January 15, 2014.