4 Fd Regt Old Boys Newsletter - September 2020 Edition

George Salmon sent this interesting item. Other comments included “we’ve seen these proposals before that have never seen the light of day”. South Korea's Hanwha to Build 30 K9 155mm Howitzers for Australian Army.  K9 self-propelled howitzer The Australian Ministry of Defence will soon acquire 30 K9 self-propelled howitzers from Hanwha Defence Australia. The defence ministry said today a Request for Tender will be released to the company to build and maintain 30 self-propelled howitzers and 15 K10 armoured ammunition resupply vehicles, and their supporting systems. “ The self-propelled howitzers will be built in the Geelong region, with ongoing deep maintenance conducted in the same Australian facility to support the systems throughout their service life ,” said Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds. The Request for Tender will progress this first phase of the Protected Mobile Fires capability.