M109 Self Propelled Howitzer: A Shell Slinger That Refuses to be Replaced or Retired
17 min readAug 28, 2023
“The shells would eviscerate any human being within roughly 150 meters of the airburst but spare the overpasses and the highway any serious structural damage. Gantt was confident his crews could pull it off. The Paladins had performed well just the night before, when Stephen Twitty’s China battalion was harassed by [Iraqi] mortar fire. They had…
