M777A2 Lightweight Howitzer in Iraq
09 Nov 2007
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kendric Pipken, from Sierra Battery, 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, fires an Excalibur round from an M777A2 Lightweight .155-mm Howitzer on Camp Fallujah, Iraq, Nov. 4, 2007. Pipken’s unit is the first artillery battery to deploy with the M777A2 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. DoD photo by Master Sgt. Paul D. Bishop, U.S. Marine Corps.
The A2 version of the M777 incorporates software upgrades which allow it to fire the Excalibur precision round.
November 9th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
That is very nice! I guess it would be useful to put a bunch of them along the north korean border.