The army wants to get rid of the artillery's M-109 self-propelled 155- mm howitzers, which can fire a 45-kilogram shell more than 15 kilometres. They would be replaced with 81-mm mortars which are currently integrated into infantry battalions to give foot soldiers extra firepower. The mortars fire four-kilogram shells five kilometres.
The army would retain its 105-mm howitzers, which fire a 15-kilogram shell about 11 kilometres.
"This is all cost-driven," said David Rudd, executive director of the Canadian Institute for Strategic Studies.
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