G7 howitzer

The G7 is a South African 105 mm howitzer built by Denel Land Systems. It was developed as the Light Experimental Ordnance, or LEO, from work begun in the 1990s under Project Musuku, a South African Army and Armscor programme that aimed for a light gun with the range, accuracy and lethality of a 155 mm piece. The gun is described as a 52-calibre weapon with a stated maximum range of 32 kilometres, and its first prototype was completed in 2001. In 2004 Denel teamed with General Dynamics Land Systems to offer it in an unmanned turret on a LAV III for the United States Army, and in 2007 a lighter advanced version, the Advanced Multirole Light Artillery Gun Capability, was proposed. Funding has stalled, so the G7 remains an experimental gun rather than a fielded service weapon.