Take a look on top and underneath and inside this Paladin tank, and its companion M992 Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle, on display at the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center Army Days in Carlisle, Pa.

At the 2:33 mark look inside the M109.

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The M109A6 Paladin is a 155 mm turreted self-propelled howitzer, first introduced in the early 1960s to replace the M44.

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The M109 has a crew of four: the section chief/commander, the driver, the gunner, and the ammunition handler/loader.

The Paladin model has improvements in the areas of survivability, RAM, and armament. This includes increased armor, a redesigned internal arrangement for safer ammunition and equipment storage, engine and suspension upgrades, and improvement of the M284 Cannon and M182A1 Mount.

The greatest difference is the integration of an inertial navigation system, sensors detecting the weapons' lay, automation, and an encrypted digital communication system, which utilizes computer controlled frequency-hopping to avoid enemy electronic warfare and allow the howitzer to send grid location and altitude to the battery Fire Direction Center (FDC).

The M992 Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle (FAASV) is built on the chassis of the M109. It replaced the M548. Unlike the M548, it is armored.

This ammunition vehicle has no turret, but has a taller superstructure to store 90-95 rounds, depending on the model, and an equivalent number of powders and primers.

It is also referred to as a "cat" (referring to its nomenclature, CAT: Carrier, Ammunition, Tracked).

(Video by Dan’s Cool Videos)
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