Hanwha Aerospace's K9 wheeled howitzer receives XM1776 designation

Hanwha Aerospace's K9 wheeled self-propelled howitzer, K9MH, has received the U.S. Army designation XM1776. XM1776 is the name the U.S. Army assigned to the equipment.

The U.S. Army prefixes equipment designations with X during development and testing. It removes the X after formal adoption, so the prefix distinguishes the development and testing stage from the period after formal adoption.

Hanwha Aerospace signed a contract in August this year to supply K9MH prototypes for the U.S. Army's Mobile Tactical Cannon (MTC) program. It then delivered the first prototype this month.

Hanwha Aerospace said on the 13th that it unveiled the XM1776 designation at AUSA 2026, the Association of the United States Army's annual exhibition in Washington, D.C. Lieutenant General Frank Lozano, who oversees U.S. Army fires acquisition, attended the unveiling.