Future Combat Systems program managers announced today that its much-touted Manned Ground Vehicle (MGV) Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon (NLOS-C) Prototype successfully fired its first artillery projectile.
The mobile cannon, which is crewed by two soldiers, has a fully automated ammunition loading system and on-board projectile tracking. Lieutenant Colonel Robert McVay, Army Product Manager for NLOS-C said in a statement that “This marks the first 155mm round fired from a fully automated howitzer mounted on an FCS hybrid-electric chassis and remotely commanded through its on-board computers and controls.”
Contrast with the crew of 8 that the current American SPH has. It's much smaller too. However, it still doesn't fire on the move though.
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