M109A6 Paladin
Member
- Joined
- May 24, 2005
- Messages
- 20
Actually, the 10th MT Div, 82nd and 101st use the M119A1/A2 Towed Howitzers.
The 18th Airborne Corps uses the M198's. I was in the first Army unit to get them (Oct 78) before I got back to Bragg in Feb 79. I just came from 4 years on the M110A1 in Augsburg, Germany.
The M198s replaced the M114s, which I was on at Bragg before my tour in Germany.
I was the TACOM Armament LAR for the 82nd from '97-'99 before PCSing back to Germany in Feb 99. I met up with the 82nd guys again when I deployed to Kosovo in June 99.
I'm back at Rock Island as the Equipment Specialist for the M109A6 Paladin right now.
To answer the question on the 175mm tube splitting like a banana, no, that does not happen often. The tube was probably already cracked at the muzzle and through the counterbore to allow that to happen. Unless there was an in-bore explosion.
The 18th Airborne Corps uses the M198's. I was in the first Army unit to get them (Oct 78) before I got back to Bragg in Feb 79. I just came from 4 years on the M110A1 in Augsburg, Germany.
The M198s replaced the M114s, which I was on at Bragg before my tour in Germany.
I was the TACOM Armament LAR for the 82nd from '97-'99 before PCSing back to Germany in Feb 99. I met up with the 82nd guys again when I deployed to Kosovo in June 99.
I'm back at Rock Island as the Equipment Specialist for the M109A6 Paladin right now.
To answer the question on the 175mm tube splitting like a banana, no, that does not happen often. The tube was probably already cracked at the muzzle and through the counterbore to allow that to happen. Unless there was an in-bore explosion.