The HVP is capable of being fired out to 50 nautical miles (58 mi 93 km) from a conventional cannon. The Army is looking into using the M109 Paladin firing the HVP for ballistic missile defense, as traditional missile interceptors are expensive and gun-based missile defense used for point defense would use artillery at a much lower cost per round. Navy electromagnetic railguns and found that they significantly increased the gun's range. Army test-fired hypervelocity projectiles originally designed for use by U.S. 50 caliber (12.7 mm) M2 machine gun, Mk 19 Mod 3 40 mm Automatic Grenade Launcher, 7.62 mm M60, M240 machine gun or L4 machine gun The M109 was developed by the Ground System Division of United Defense LP (now BAE Systems Land and Armaments). Upgrades to the cannon, ammunition, fire control, survivability, and other electronics systems over the design's lifespan have expanded the system's capabilities, including tactical nuclear projectiles, guided projectiles ( Copperhead), Rocket Assisted Projectiles (RAP), FAmily of SCAtterable Mines ( FASCAM), and cluster munitions (the Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition, DPICM). Army in the Gulf War, as well as in the Iraq War from 2003 to 2011. The M109 saw service with the British, Egyptian and Saudi Arabian Armies in the 1991 Gulf War. Iran used the M109 in the Iran–Iraq War in the 1980s. Israel used the M109 against Egypt in the 1973 Yom Kippur War and in the 19 Lebanon Wars. The M109 saw its combat debut in Vietnam. The light version, the M108 Howitzer, was phased out during the Vietnam War, but many were rebuilt as M109s. program to adopt a common chassis for its self-propelled artillery units. The M109 was the medium variant of a U.S.
for the foreseeable future until the new M1299 will enter service. Crusader and Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon, the M109A6 ("Paladin") will remain the principal self-propelled howitzer for the U.S. (see variants below) and by Switzerland (KAWEST). Upgrades to the M109 were introduced by the U.S. Several European armed forces have or are currently replacing older M109s with the German PzH 2000. The British Army replaced its M109s with the AS-90. The chief or gunner aims the cannon left or right (deflection) and up and down (quadrant). The M109 has a crew of four: the section chief/commander, the driver, the gunner, and the ammunition handler/loader. The M109 family is the most common Western indirect-fire support weapon of maneuver brigades of armored and mechanized infantry divisions. It has been upgraded a number of times, most recently to the M109A7. The M109 is an American 155 mm turreted self-propelled howitzer, first introduced in the early 1960s to replace the M44.
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