Modern Artillery’s New Battlefield Role: How Self-Propelled Howitzers Are Evolving to Counter Drone Threats

The face of artillery is changing—and quickly. On battlefields like Ukraine, small, agile drones have proven to be both indispensable tools and existential threats. Once valued purely for their long-range firepower, artillery units are now thrust into the drone war as frontline defenders. Self-propelled howitzers such as China’s PLZ-05 and their Western counterparts are being…