The cannon is being tested on Humvee vehicles as a way to make the artillery units more mobile than when they are mounted onto a free chassis.
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The videos first surfaced August 5. The 82nd Airborne troops shown were testing the latest Hawkeye Howitzer system, which was developed by Mandus Group, Business Insider reported Wednesday.
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Despite the mobility upgrade of having the cannons mounted onto Humvees, there are a couple of potential downsides. In 2015, former Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said that Iraqi forces had lost 2,300 Humvees after Iraqi forces retreated from a Daesh attack and abandoned the vehicles. Daesh may have brought more terror to the Middle East with more than 2,000 mobile-transported Howitzers comprising a makeshift artillery corps.
Another downside to mounting Hawkeye Howitzers onto Humvees is that they fire just three rounds per minute, a relatively slow pace compared to other Howitzer variants capable of firing six rounds per minute, according to reports.
