M109 howitzer
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m109-howitzer-206-6753877
title:
M109 howitzer
text:
The M109 is an American 155 mm turreted self-propelled howitzer, first introduced in the early 1960s to replace the M44. It has been upgraded a number of times, most recently to the M109A7. The M109 family is the most common Western indirect-fire support weapon of maneuver brigades of armored and mechanized infantry divisions. The M109 has a crew of four: the section chief/commander, the driver, the gunner, and the ammunition handler/loader. The chief or gunner aims the cannon left or right (def
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encyclopedia
description:
American 155 mm self-propelled howitzer
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M109_howitzer
date created:
2002-02-25T15:51:15Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T17:24:55Z
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