The
M109 self-propelled 155mm
howitzer was first introduced in the early
1960s. Continually upgraded and improved, it is still the primary
indirect-fire support weapon of maneuver brigades of armored and mechanized infantry divisions of the
US Army.
- Length: 30 feet
- Width: 10.3 feet
- Height: 10.7 feet
- Weight: 27.4 tons
- Speed: 35 miles per hour
- Range: 216 miles
- Crew: 6
- Armament:
- Primary: 155-mm. howitzer
- Secondary: .50-caliber or 7.62-mm. machine gun
- Rate of fire: 3 rounds per minute maximum, 1 round per minute sustained
- Range: 18,000 meters, 23,500 meters with rocket-assisted projectile