[ModernDayCato]

Marines!

[VOA]

Very cool shot of the Marine artillery.
They actually pay people to play with toys like that?
(well, not well enough...but sights like that are an intangible fringe benefit)

[SevenDaysInMay]

RE: #29 - More than Hellfire and JDAMnation.

155s, when just 6 inches won't do.

[clamboat]

Looking at the picture of a Howitzer firing, makes me wonder exactly how they work. Can both the angle of fire and the power of the shot be controlled? How accurate is modern artillary?

Also, do the shells explode when they reach the target, or are they just heavy pieces of lead? If they explode, that is pretty amazing -- that you can accelerate something so fast and it doesn't go off at launch. Can anyone elighten me?