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Deadly Killer US Military M777 Howitzer Artillery System

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The M777 may be combined with the Excalibur GPS-guided munition, which allows accuratly fires at a range of up to 25 miles (40 km).

This almost doubles the area covered by a single battery to about 5,000 km2.

When testing at the Yuma Proving Ground by the US Army placed 13 of 14 Excalibur rounds, it fired from up to 24 kilometres (15 mi), within 10 meters of their target,[7] suggesting a circular error probable of about five meters.

The Golf Battery, 2nd Battalion, and  11th Marines, out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.; dropped the 155 mm M982 Excalibur round on insurgents 36 kilometers away  more than 22 miles .

That is in the Helmand province.

It marked the longest operational shot in the history of the M777 howitzer.

This record shot, made in June 2012, was also the first time the M777 had fired the Excalibur in combat.

In 2014 the US military began fielding several upgrades to their M777 howitzers including new liquid crystal display units, software updates, improved power systems, and muzzle sensors for onboard ballistic computing

Future upgrades include a touchscreen Chief Section Display, a new Mission System Computer, and a digital radio.

The M777 gun with optical fire control and the M777A1 digitisation upgrades with the addition of an on-board power source, satellite global positioning, inertial navigation, radio, Gun Display Unit (GDU) and Section Chief Assembly (SCA) are abosutly deadly machines.

There is also the M777A2 – Block 1A software upgrade.

In addition of an Enhanced Portable Inductive Artillery Fuze Setter (EPIAFS) to enable Excalibur and precision munition compatibility.

The United States Army:s18th Field Artillery Brigade was Airborne at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

It was the initial Army test bed unit for the XM777 Lightweight 155mm Howitzer which included 1st and 3rd Battalions 321st Field Artillery Regiment.

Gun Section 2, 2nd Platoon (5th Section) Bravo Battery, 2–11th Field Artillery (FA) was the first United State’s Army unit to firing the M777A2 in combat at 08:23 , Baghdad Timeon 2 January 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. 2–11 FA.

Which was deployed December 2007 with 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT), the 25th Infantry Division out of Schofield Barracks, and Hawaii.

In June 2007, the M777 in its A2 configuration was assigned to the U.S. Army’s 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment.

The 3-321 FA deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in December 2007, and has become mission capable since January 2008.

This made  3–321 FA the first United State  Army unit to utilise the M777 in combat in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Also, in April 2008, the M777 was also deployed for testing with the 2nd battalion.

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