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AS-90 self-propelled artillery
Pfc. Rhonda J. Roth-Cameron, U.S. Army · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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Self-propelled howitzer

Land

A large artillery gun built onto its own armoured chassis, so it can drive into position, fire, and move away quickly before the enemy can fire back ('shoot and scoot').
Howitzers fire shells high into the air to hit targets 20–40 km away that the crew cannot see directly; forward observers or drones guide their fire.

Well-known examples

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K9 Thunder (South Korea) PzH 2000 (Germany) M109 (USA) 2S19 Msta (Russia) CAESAR (France) PLZ-05 (China)

Countries with the most — Self-propelled artillery

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  1. 1Russian Federation3,603
  2. 2China2,940
  3. 3Korea, Rep.2,780
  4. 4United States1,521
  5. 5Korea, Dem. People's Rep.1,300
  6. 6Ukraine1,264
  7. 7Turkiye1,045
  8. 8Poland707
  9. 9Pakistan662
  10. 10Greece590