被誉为“战争之神”的炮兵和陆军“经典”兵器的火炮,在历次战争中都发挥了重要作用。近年来,高技术、高强度的海湾战场和硝烟弥漫的波黑战场,让人们又一次领略了它们的无比威力。为了适应明日战场上炮兵作战的更高要求,许多国家都在纷纷研究、试验新一代炮兵武器。而在各种雄心勃勃的跨世纪发展规划中,志在续写“经典”神话的新式自行火炮格外引人注目。第三次浪潮综观自行火炮几十年的发展历程,其中有过三次大规模的发展热潮。二战中,法西斯德国用“闪电战略”向欧洲各国发动突然袭击,为了协同坦克部队的作战,制造了大量“黑豹”、“猎虎”式自行火炮和所谓的突 Known as the “god of war,” artillery and the army's “classic” weapons and artillery have played an important role in all previous wars. In recent years, the high-tech and high-intensity Gulf battlefield and the smoke-filled Battlefield of Bosnia and Herzegovina have once again given people an insight into their incomparable power. In order to meet the higher demands of artillery operations on the battlefield tomorrow, many countries are studying and testing a new generation of artillery weapons. In various ambitious plans for cross-century development, new self-propelled guns that are dedicated to writing the “classic” myth are particularly noticeable. The third wave of self-propelled artillery overview of the course of development for decades, of which there have been three large-scale development craze. In World War II, Fascist Germany used “Lightning Strategy” to launch surprise attacks on various European countries. In order to cooperate with the operations of the tank forces, a large number of “Panther” and “Hunting Tiger” self-propelled guns and so-called sudden