Morocco Deploys Heavy Artillery Near Western Sahara Border

"Morocco is moving M110A2 heavy artillery pieces towards areas near Bir Gandouz," located 80 kilometers from El Guerguerat, in the Moroccan Sahara, reports La Razon, recalling that the same type of artillery had been deployed in 2021 on the new defense wall as part of the so-called "Touizgui" operation. At the time, the defense wall had been extended 50 km to the east to secure the Touizgui area in the Assa-Zag province, and to complete the border system to the east. This new wall is located up to 3 km from the Algerian wall. The Royal Armed Forces (FAR) had also carried out bombing operations against the Polisario separatists.

It is the "M110 203 mm (8 inch) howitzer, a self-propelled artillery system of American manufacture mounted on a specially designed chassis," specifies the newspaper close to the Spanish security circles. This self-propelled cannon was the largest self-propelled howitzer in the US Army before its withdrawal from US service. The armed forces of other countries continue to use it. With a maximum range between 16,800 and 30,000 meters (rocket-assisted munitions), its missions are summarized as: general support, counter-battery fire and suppression of enemy air defense systems.