Lebanon officially receives new US arms shipment at Beirut Port

A vessel named Advantage coming straight from Port Sunny Point, USA, has officially delivered 72 ea M198 155mm Howitzers and 151 of ammunition containers (reported few days ago) containing 26 million rounds of different caliber ammunition, during an official Lebanese-US ceremony held at Beirut Port in the presence of the US Ambassador.

During the ceremony, recently delivered M1151A1 were also exhibited.

M198 being unloaded
Photo Credits: US Embassy in Beirut

Photo Credit: LBCI

M1151 on display.
Photos Credits: AFP

LAF receives 72 ea M198 155mm Howitzer from US

The LAF has announced that it will hold an official ceremony to receive 72 ea M198 155mm Howitzers and 151 containers on ammunition from the US on Sunday February 8, 2015 (ref).

The LAF had received 30 ea M-198 Howitzers in January 2010 (ref), 41 ea in 2008 (ref), and 36 during the 80's (unknown operational condition), making the new total up to 179 ea.