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U.S. Army Artillery crews test fire new gun tubes on the M109A6 Paladin, 155mm Howitzer, at McCrady Training Center in South Carolina. The crewmembers loaded the breech, exited the vehicle, and fired the rounds with a 50 foot lanyard for safety... just in case there is a malfunction of the new tube. All 12 guns fired successfully. The M109 is an American 155 mm turreted self-propelled howitzer, first introduced in the early 1960s to replace the M44. The M109 family is the most common Western ind

Sending rounds down range! Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 109th Field Artillery Regiment, 169th Field Artillery Brigade worked together to qualify their individual gun crew on their M109 Paladins at Fort Indiantown Gap. This slow-motion video captures the weapon firing, after the crew goes through the proper safety steps and verification before firing. 28th Infantry Division; National Guard; U.S. Army; United States Army Field Artillery School Video by Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Keeler | Pennsylvania

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