Wear this FH70 Field Howitzer Artillery pin with pride at any time of the year.

Made with High quality metals and enamels

2 x Rear metal butterfly pin fasteners.

Size: 45mm 

Worldwide postage will be added at checkout for your country destination. Using the current Royal Mail Standard Delivery Tariffs. Tracked & Signed options are available

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The FH70 (field howitzer for the 1970s) is a towed howitzer in use with several nations.

In 1963, NATO agreed a NATO Basic Military Requirement 39 for close support artillery, either towed or tracked. Subsequently, Germany and UK started discussions and design studies and in 1968 established agreed operational characteristics for a towed 155 mm close support gun. Italy became a party to the agreement in 1970.

Key requirements were:

• a detachable auxiliary power unit (APU)
• an unassisted range of 24 km and 30 km assisted
• a burst capability of 3 rounds in 15–20 seconds, 6 rounds per minute for a short period and 2 rounds per minute sustained
• be able to fire all 155 mm munitions in NATO service, plus a new range of ammunition.