A good option for friend states appeared. Turkey's new truck mounted howitzer called Yavuz introduced.
Than it's not a good idea if it's same Panter Gun because Panter is way to heavy
We stopped it for a reason !!!! and that is it's way to heavy
Sir production was stopped and this means Army didn't wanted this Artillery after inducting few they realized How heavy it is so production was stopped Army wanted lot more towed Artillery Guns but Panter was way to heavy
Panter is a bit of a mystery there was a report of it being inducted but it never went any further. Army then started Trials of SH1 which didn't do well because just in the past months Denel T5 and NORA B52 were tested. So we can safely say that Panter and SH1 are not being considered. However the search for Truck Chassis based gun is on.
We have discussed it on this very thread go back some pages, some of the senior members have even brought some info to enforce the argument that Panther is in limited few numbers
very promising projectIt was heavy and having difficulties on maneuvrability although she has its own propulsion. No need to mention the number of crew and time to be ready to fire and difficulties to change the position. Complexity made Panter howitzer open to malfuctions on field so Turkish Army has stopped production when it was ~40 and MKE Yavuz truck mounted howitzer project was borned. It uses same Panter gun on a truck and it just need 1minutes to be ready for fire, 1-2minutes to change position with 90km max speed. 150 MKE Yavuz in order. I suppose All existing Panter howitzers will be upgraded to Yavuz.
As far as I know, A few Panter howitzer is given to Pakistani Artillery school as a gift or cheaper prize under the friendship of two brother states. I don't suppose Pakistan ordered Panter howitzers officially.
They knew about the weight but no matter how many trials you do and how tough they are real time situation is always different
