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Since the early 21st century, most NATO armies have settled on 155 mm (6.1 in) weapons as having a good compromise between range and destructive power whilst having a single calibre, which simplifies logistics; however some military forces have retained 105 mm (4.1 in) towed howitzers for their lighter weight and greater portability, including their rapid airlift and airdrop capabilities.
The M35, known during development as the EX35 and XM35, [1] [2] is an American 105 mm caliber low-recoil tank gun. The M35 was developed for the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps Mobile Protected Gun Program of the early 1980s. It was integrated onto the Marine Corps LAV-105, and the U.S. Army's M8 Armored Gun System and M10 Booker vehicles.
The ammunition to be used was the 105 mm Fd Mk 2 ammunition used in the L13 ordnance of the gun equipment 105 mm L109 (better known as the "Abbot self-propelled gun"). This ammunition uses electrical instead of percussion primers and is an entirely different design from the US M1 type ammunition as used in the L5 pack howitzer.
The 105 mm howitzer M102 is a lightweight towed weapon, which has a very low silhouette when in the firing position. The M102 howitzer fires a 33 lb (15 kg) projectile of semifixed ammunition and at charge 7 it will fire to 11.5 km (7.1 mi).
The M119 howitzer is a lightweight 105 mm howitzer, used by the United States Army.It is the American licensed version of the British L119 light gun.The M119 is typically towed by the M1097 or M1152 High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), and can be easily airlifted by helicopter, or airdropped by parachute.
Officers fired a 40-millimeter projectile and two beanbag rounds at Maccani as he walked toward them while holding what was later revealed to be a plastic fork, according to video of the incident.
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Israeli LAHAT, used with their 105 and 120 mm gun tubes; Russian 9K112 Kobra (AT-8 Songster), 9M119/M/120 (Refleks/Refleks-M/Svir) (AT-11 Sniper) and other types, fired from 115, and 125 mm guns, and 9M117 Bastion fired from 100 mm guns; Ukrainian Kombat [uk; ru] tandem-warhead ATGM with a 5,000 m effective range, fired from a 125 mm smoothbore ...