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M109 — American self-propelled artillery, a class of self-propelled howitzers.
Created in 1953 - 1960 to replace the low-yield M44, in parallel with the 105-mm ACS M108. Was in mass production in the United States, repeatedly modernized, from 1962 to 2003, also produced under license in the 1990s in South Korea. Quickly became the standard destroyers of the US troops, displacing the older samples, and M108. For the first time M109 was used in combat in the Vietnam war and was subsequently used in almost all military conflicts in which the United States participated. In addition to the US, it has become a standard ACS NATO countries, in large quantities also supplied to a number of other countries and used in many regional conflicts.
the Hull and turret are made of rolled aluminum armor, which provides protection against small arms fire and fragments of field artillery shells.
Armament: 155 mm m126 howitzer (barrel length 23 klb), 12.7 mm M2HB machine gun. The gun is mounted on the machine M127, equipped with an ejector and muzzle brake. Underrun device — hydropneumatic. Guidance drives — hydraulic (main) and manual (auxiliary). Normal rate of fire — 4 RDS/min, maximum — 6 RDS/min.
fire control System: optical sight (4× magnification, field of view 10°), panoramic sight (4× and 10°), quadrant and quadrant gunner.
munitions Used: guided projectile M712 Copperhead, high-explosive fragmentation projectiles M107 and M795, cluster projectiles M449A1, M483A1, M692 and M718/M741, active-reactive high-explosive fragmentation projectile M549, lighting projectiles M485 and M818, smoke projectile M825, practical projectile M804.
Engine — diesel 8V-T71 from Detroit Diesel.
Additional equipment: night vision devices.
the Crew consists of six persons: the commander of the weapon, the gunner, the assistant to the gunner, the driver mechanic and two numbers of calculation.
Caution! Glue and paints are not included.
The configuration and appearance of the model are subject to change without notice.
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