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LW155 Impacting Way Forces Fight in Afghanistan

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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

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By B.C. KessnerThe mobility and reach of the Army and Marine Corps' BAE Systems M777 Lightweight 155mm howitzer (LW155) is enabling troops to provide longer and more accurate artillery support in areas virtually unreachable with previous systems, program officials said Monday. "It's an important system that is in the fight right now," Jim Shields, LW155 joint program manager, told Defense Daily during a telephone interview. "The triple-seven is about 7,000 pounds lighter [than the M198 Medium Towed Howitzer] so it's…

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