Soltam M-71
The M-71 is a 155 mm 39 caliber towed howitzer manufactured by Israeli company Soltam Systems.
Soltam M-71
Ido Stern · http: uploaded.fresh.co.il/2008/02/01/28176713.jpg · CC BY 3.0
- Field
- howitzer.
- Region
- Israel.
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
The M-71 is a 155 mm 39 caliber towed howitzer manufactured by Israeli company Soltam Systems.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
No house-authored Note is published until its assertions and sources pass the VALÉORINE evidence contract. The documentary article remains available in full while that enrichment is being consolidated.
Documentary enrichment in progress · no unsupported statement published
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Soltam M-71. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Evidence Panel
original value insufficient · checked 25 September 2026
- Identity
- resolved
- Independent source families
- 0
- Admitted assertions
- 0
- Open conflicts
- 0
Authority files
wikidata · Q2671058 · wikipedia · Soltam M-71
In this article
Design
Design
The weapon was based on the earlier Soltam M-68 and uses the same recoil system, breech and carriage but had a longer gun barrel (39 calibre versus 33 calibre of M-68). It is fitted with a compressed air-driven rammer to permit rapid and easy loading at all angles of elevation as well as having a rechargeable battery mounted on the right trail for auxiliary power. It can fire a 43.7 kilograms (96 lb) high-explosive shell up to a maximum range of 23.5 kilometers (14.6 mi) at a muzzle velocity of 820 meters per second (2,700 ft/s).
Deployment
Deployment
In addition to Israel, this weapon is in service with Chile, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, South Africa, Slovenia and Myanmar. A version of this weapon was developed to mount on a modified Centurion chassis (M-72), but this vehicle never reached production.
Operators
Operators
Botswana Cameroon: 18 Chile: 60 howitzers used by the Chilean Army, 36 Soltam M-68s acquired in the 1970s later upgraded to Soltam M-71 standard and 24 Soltam M-71 howitzers acquired in the 1980s. 24 designated G-4 howitzers acquired by the Chilean Marine Corps in South Africa in 1992. Israel Myanmar: 72 Philippines: Philippine Army: 20 Philippine Marine Corps: 6 Singapore: 13 or 38 - modified to the M-71S standard using less crew + addition of APU. Slovenia: 18; M839 variant. South Africa: 32; designated G-4. Thailand: 32
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Kinard, Jeff. Artillery: An Illustrated History of Its Impact. ABC-CLIO Publishers. 301–302. 28 March 2007. 978-1-85109-561-2.
- 2.Weaponsystems.net. 155mm Soltam M-71.
- 3.Elbit Systems. M-71.
- 4.Jane's Armour and Artillery. Soltam Systems 155 mm M-71 gun-howitzer (Israel).
- 5.M-68/-71 155mm. www.globalsecurity.org.
- 6.United States, Library Of Congress. Singapore artillery pieces.
- 7.Botswana. 7 February 2013.
- 8.International Institute for Strategic Studies. The Military Balance. Taylor & Francis. 454. 2021. 9781032012278.
- 9.Ciranno Maureira, Antonio. La artillería de campaña en Chile. Tecnología militar. 2. 48–50. 2007.
- 10.García, Nicolás. The Chilean Marine Corps trains in the highlands and in Patagonia. Infodefensa.com. 23 August 2019.
- 11.Armstrade.sipri.org. Trade Registers.
- 12.Myanmar.
- 13.Aquino's Military Modernization: Unprecedented but Insufficient.
- 14.Solmerin, Florante. Army eyes hi-tech mounted artillery. Manila Standard Today. 23 June 2013.
- 15.PHL military gets 3 brand-new 155-mm howitzers, 9 more en route. Philippine News Agency. 2017-06-08.
- 16.Aquino's Military Modernization: Unprecedented but Insufficient.
- 17.Defense & Industries; - ST Kinetics ou les ambitions de Singapour dans l'armement. www.frstrategie.org.
- 18.Fact file: G6 L45 self-propelled towed gun-howitzer. 10 February 2011.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Partially resolvedreference work
Partially resolved
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Militaria
6,095 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- soliferrumTerminology
- Solothurn S-18/100Terminology
- Solothurn S-18/1100Terminology
- Solothurn-ArsenalTerminology
- sonic weaponTerminology
- SOPMODTerminology
- Sora 122mmTerminology
- Sosna-RTerminology
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with Soltam M-71?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.