The year was 1966, and for several years the Soldiers in Vietnam had been using the same howitzer that their fathers had used ...

The U.S. Army is actively field-testing its Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) system, known as “Iron Thunder,” to enhance the capabilities of its primary self-propelled howitzer ...

A 155mm shell is loaded into the massive, almost 10,000-pound gun ... at the firing range on that windy Thursday morning was soldiers operating an M119, a lightweight howitzer that fires 105mm ...