Panzerhaubitze 2000

<p>The Panzerhaubitze 2000 , meaning "armoured howitzer 2000" and abbreviated PzH 2000, is a German <a href="/facts/155_mm/G599aE1w">155 mm</a> <a href="/facts/Self-propelled_gun/hohbl8cF">self-propelled howitzer</a> developed by <a href="/facts/KNDS_Deutschland/KCD2l0su">KNDS Deutschland</a> (formerly Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW)) and <a href="/facts/Rheinmetall/34KXkyc2">Rheinmetall</a> in the 1980s and 1990s for the <a href="/facts/German_Army/yPG8nt0E">German Army</a>. The PzH 2000 has automatic support for up to five rounds of <a href="/facts/Artillery/GLpMYG9o">multiple round simultaneous impact</a>. Replenishment of shells is automated. Two operators can load 60 shells and propelling charges in less than 12 minutes. The PzH 2000 equips the armies of <a href="/facts/German_Army/yPG8nt0E">Germany</a>, <a href="/facts/Italian_Army/alAVho1b">Italy</a>, <a href="/facts/Ukrainian_Ground_Forces/7V26qbyQ">Ukraine</a>, <a href="/facts/Royal_Netherlands_Army/LvDfBrdb">Netherlands</a>, <a href="/facts/Hellenic_Army/0tcfewEg">Greece</a>, <a href="/facts/Lithuanian_Armed_Forces/E4jHRQwe">Lithuania</a>, <a href="/facts/Hungarian_Defence_Forces/eqFLMEsQ">Hungary</a>, <a href="/facts/Qatar_Armed_Forces/5q8A7mDA">Qatar</a>, and <a href="/facts/Croatian_Army/P4crhUkR">Croatia</a>, mostly replacing older systems such as the <a href="/facts/M109_howitzer/KwXQvyoz">M109 howitzer</a>.
</p><p>In November 2019, a PzH 2000 L52 gun fired a shell a distance of almost 67 km (42 mi). Rheinmetall started testing a prototype L52 gun barrel with a new charge for a range of at least 75 km (47 mi) since 2020. In May 2024, Rheinmetall announced that it would supply "a three-digit number" of L52 gun barrel systems for the Panzerhaubitze 2000 for "a European customer country".
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Panzerhaubitze 2000 open-in-new

Panzerhaubitze 2000