Syark Defence Forces (SDF) -1/35 ITALERI US ARMY M109A6 PALADIN









1/35 ITALERI US ARMY M109A6 PALADIN 


Good days everybody, today I would like again showed off my new model M109A6 Paladin. This model I bought from my favourite oldest modeller from Kangar North of Malaysian Peninsular. The M109A6 Paladin is a further upgrade of the M109 self-propelled howitzer, which was introduced in early 1960s. This M109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzer entered service with the US Army in 1991. Production ceased in 1999. A total of 950 artillery systems were built for the US Army. Export operators are Israel and Taiwan. With the cancellation of Crusader programme the US Army will continue to rely on the M109A6 Paladin, until it will be replaced with the NLOS-C future artillery system.

The M109A6 has a larger turret. It is armed with the M284 155-mm / L39 howitzer, fitted with a semi-automatic loading system. Maximum range of fire is 24 km with standard projectiles and 30 km with rocket-assisted projectiles. Maximum rate of fire is 4 rounds per minute. Sustained rate is one round every three minutes.

The M109 saw its combat debut in Vietnam. Israel used the M109 against Egypt in the 1973 Yom Kippur War and in the 1982 Lebanon War and 2006 Lebanon War. Iran used the M109 in the Iran–Iraq War, in the 1980s. The M109 saw service with the British Army, the Egyptian Army and Saudi Arabian Army in the 1991 Gulf War. The M109 also saw service with the U.S. Army in the Gulf War, as well as in the Iraq War from 2003 to present.




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