Combat Work Of Ukraine's M109 Artillery Near Bakhmut

BAKHMUT REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 25: Cannon from the middle of the cabin. Ukrainian artillerymen from the 93rd "Kholodnyi Yar" brigade work with a cannon on the Russian infantry on December 25, 2023 in Bakhmut region, Ukraine. (Photo by Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images) M109A6 Paladin, The M109 is an American 155 mm turreted self-propelled howitzer, first introduced in the early 1960s to replace the M44. It has been upgraded a number of times, most recently to the M109A7. The M109 family is the most common Western indirect-fire support weapon of maneuver brigades of armored and mechanized infantry divisions.The M109 has a crew of four: the section chief/commander, the driver, the gunner, and the ammunition handler/loader. The chief or gunner aims the cannon left or right (deflection) and up and down (quadrant).