Germany and Britain plan to jointly develop a remote-controlled howitzer for future military ground operations, the British government announced on Wednesday as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited Berlin. The “joint endeavour” will develop “remote-controlled howitzer 155mm wheeled artillery systems (RCH 155), which will be fitted to Boxer vehicles” from German tank manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), according to the statement from Number 10 Downing Street. The howitzer can fire up to nine 155-millimetre calibre artillery shells per minute at a range of up to 40 kilometres. The RCH 155 is…