An M109A6 Paladin howitzer, assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division (Iron Brigade), fires during Exercise Combined Resolve IX at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Aug. 21 2017.
Exercise Combine Resolve IX is designed to train the Army’s Regionally Allocated Forces to the U.S. European Command. The goal of the exercise is to prepare forces in Europe to operate together to promote stability and security in the region.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Hulett
I was a battery commander in Germany in the early 1980s in 3d Armored Division's 2d Battalion, 3d Field Artillery Regiment. We were equipped with an earlier model of the M109-series, the -A3. The M109 series has been around for more than 50 years and badly needs to be replaced. The Army tried to do so once, but the program was canceled by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
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