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    Screaming Eagle Artillery Fires Most Rounds Since 2003 [Image 3 of 4]

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    A group of military personnel in U.S. Army combat uniforms are operating a field artillery piece in an arid desert environment. The howitzer appears to have recently been fired, evidenced by smoke and discharge visible near the barrel. Spent shell casings are scattered across the ground in large quantities.

    SAMARRA, IRAQ

    01.17.2008

    Photo by Rick Rzepka 

    1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs

    Soldiers from Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, fire rounds from their M119A2 howitzer at enemy targets during Operation Fulton Harvest in the Al-Jazeera Desert, Jan. 13. Alpha Battery fired over 1,100 rounds in 48 hours while in direct support of 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment during the operation, which was a combined arms counterinsurgency operation aimed at destroy and neutralizing an al-Qaida training camp southwest of Samarra.. (U.S. Army Photo/1st Lt. Jonathan J. Springer)

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    Date Taken: 01.17.2008
    Date Posted: 06.30.2011 22:17
    Photo ID: 73062
    VIRIN: 080117-A-4216R-003
    Resolution: 3216x2136
    Size: 3.77 MB
    Location: SAMARRA, IQ
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    Downloads: 99

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    An artillery piece, consistent with an M198 or M777 howitzer, is captured mid-fire in a desert environment at dusk or dawn. A large muzzle blast with smoke and flame is visible, and a projectile can be seen in flight above the barrel. Several soldiers in desert camouflage uniforms are positioned around the weapon, with ammunition and equipment visible nearby.
    Military artillery crew firing a large howitzer cannon at dusk or dawn in an arid, open terrain environment. A large plume of smoke and fire is visible at the muzzle of the cannon as it discharges. Multiple artillery rounds and spent shell casings are visible on the ground nearby.
    A group of military personnel in U.S. Army combat uniforms are operating a field artillery piece in an arid desert environment. The howitzer appears to have recently been fired, evidenced by smoke and discharge visible near the barrel. Spent shell casings are scattered across the ground in large quantities.
    Two U.S. Army soldiers in ACU (Army Combat Uniform) pattern camouflage are working on what appears to be an M777 lightweight howitzer in a desert environment. A third soldier is visible walking away in the background. The setting appears to be an arid, open terrain consistent with Middle Eastern or Central Asian operational environments.

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