That would be a big surprise to the thousands of army and marine artillerymen currently manning the M110A2 in Iraq and other places around the world. FR redleg ping.
The M110A2 has been phased out over the last decade in favor of the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System, both by the Army and the Marines. And the M11A2 no longer appears in the listings for Fire Support equipment in the Marine Corps equipment factfile.
The U.S. Navy no longer mounts any gun larger than a 5-incher [120mm] on any of its active combatant vessels.
M110A2 Self-Propelled Howitzer
The M110A2 is a self-propelled heavy artillery cannon with a crew of 12. Designed to be part of a common family of weapons utilising the same chassis components, the M107 and M110 were essentially the same vehicle mounting different barrels. This full-tracked, self-propelled artillery weapon that fires a 200-pound, eight-inch diameter projectile. The shell leaves the muzzle at a velocity of 2,300 feet per second and can travel more than 18 miles. Ammunition includes standard high explosives, bomblets and high explosive rockets. It is found in some corps artillery units. This howitzer system was designed to provide medium-range, general support artillery fire. Powered by a Detroit Diesel, it is not armored and can travel at a top speed of between 30 an 45 miles per hour. The M110A2 was built by Bowen-McLauchlin-York of York, Pennsylvania. Widely used in Vietnam, the Army received this howitzer in 1963. There were 1,023 M-110A2s in the Army inventory in the early 1990s, prior to the system being phased out of service.
