The 155mm L33 Argentine Model gun (Argentine Army denomination: ''Cañón 155 mm L 33 Modelo Argentino'') is an Argentine artillery field gun in service with the

Argentine Army The Argentine Army () is the Army, land force branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic and the senior military service of Argentina. Under the Argentine Constitution, the president of Argentina is the commander-in-chief of the Armed For ...

Development

Developed in late 1970s by

CITEFA The Institute of Scientific and Technical Research for the Defense (, also known for its acronym CITEDEF), is an Argentine federal agency in charge of research and development in various scientific fields. It is also in charge of homologation of ...

as ''obus 155 mm L33 X1415 CITEFA Modelo 77'' in order to replace the

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

era

M114 155 mm howitzer The 155 mm Howitzer M114 is a towed howitzer developed and used by the United States Army. It was first produced in 1941 as a medium artillery piece under the designation of 155 mm Howitzer M1. It saw service with the US Army during World W ...

still in service in the

. The ordnance is based on the gun carried by the French

Mk F3 155mm The 155 mm self-propelled gun Mk F3, or the Canon de 155 mm Mle F3 Automoteur (Cn-155-F3-Am), was developed in the early 1950s by the French Army to replace their American M41 Gorilla 155 mm self-propelled guns. The Mk F3 is the sm ...

self-propelled gun, also in service with the Argentine Army. Also designed by CITEFA is a slightly improved version named "''Modelo 81''".

Service

Examples of ''Modelo 77'' were used during the

Falklands War The Falklands War () was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British Overseas Territories, British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and Falkland Islands Dependenci ...

. A total four guns were captured by the British, these were flown in via

Argentine Air Force The Argentine Air Force (, or simply ''FAA'') is the air force of Argentina and one of three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic. In 2018, it had 13,837 military and 6,900 civilian personnel. FAA commander in chief is Brigadie ...

C-130 Hercules during the conflict's last weeks in order to repel British naval gun fireArgentine Forces in the Falklands, Osprey Publications
/ref> after direct request from Argentinian commander to Buenos Aires Junta. Some were sold on the black market and were purchased by the Croatian Army where they were used in combat with Serbian forces during the

Croatian War of Independence The Croatian War of Independence) and (rarely) "War in Krajina" ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Рат у Крајини, Rat u Krajini) are used. was an armed conflict fought in Croatia from 1991 to 1995 between Croats, Croat forces loyal to the Governmen ...

Operators

Current operators

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Croatian Army The Croatian Army ( or HKoV) is the land force branch of the Croatian Armed Forces. It is numerically the largest of the three branches of the Croatian Armed Forces. The HKoV is the main force for the defense of the country against external threa ...

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References

Bibliography

External links

Official Argentine Army website - Artillery Branch, field artillery equipment webpage

Official Argentine Army Military Academy webpage - Artillery Branch webpage
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