Global Ordnance offers Serbian howitzer for urgent need in Europe

By Ethan Sterenfeld / November 2, 2021 at 2:33 PM
The U.S. Army would not have been a likely candidate to use the original version of the NORA truck-mounted howitzer. It was developed for the Yugoslav army at the tail end of the Cold War and fired Soviet munitions. But Florida-based Global Ordnance believes the newest version of Yugoimport's NORA, with an autoloader and a 52-caliber barrel that fires standard American 155 mm rounds, could quickly fill a capability gap in the U.S. Army, according to John Summers, director of...

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