Philippines' ATMOS 155mm Truck-mounted Howitzers Deployed in Conflict Areas

The Philippine Army (PA) on Wednesday sent eight units of the Autonomous Truck Mounted Howitzer System (ATMOS) 155mm truck-mounted guns to conflict areas in Mindanao province.
PA spokesperson, Col. Xerxes Trinidad, in a statement released to local media Thursday said, “These assets will certainly bolster the Armed Forces of the Philippines’s (AFP) internal security operations."
The 12 ATMOS self-propelled guns which are divided into three batteries of four howitzers each have been acquired from Israeli company, Elbit Systems in December 2021.
The ATMOS artillery systems have a maximum range of 41 kilometers depending on the type of ammunition used and have "target precision of up to 10-kilometer radius. The ATMOS 155mm howitzer system is a "shoot-and-scoot" weapon that can be rapidly deployed in rugged terrain and moved away after firing.
The self-propelled artillery pieces are procured under the Horizon 2 of the Revised Armed Forces of the Philippines Modernization Plan. It is worth PHP2.4 billion ($41 Million).