G6 howitzer

The G6, also called the G6 Rhino, is a South African self-propelled 155 mm howitzer that mounts the gun of the G5 series on a six-wheeled, mine-protected armoured chassis. Design work began in the late 1970s to replace the ageing Sexton; the chassis was engineered to survive multiple TM-46 mine blasts, and being wheeled it can travel long distances by road without a tank transporter. The first prototype appeared in 1981, and G6 batteries shelled Angolan positions around the airfield at Cuito Cuanavale in the last years of the South African Border War. A number were built for export to Abu Dhabi and Oman, Chile briefly produced the vehicle under licence as the CC-SP-45, and Iraq built a derivative called the Al Majnoon. Variants include the G6-52 and the G6 Marksman anti-aircraft version.