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10-ton cannon airdropped over Afghanistan - Air Force News, news from Iraq - Air Force Times

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Posted : Monday Aug 10, 2009 17:54:49 EDT

How do you get a 10-ton cannon to a remote Army outpost in Afghanistan?
Call the Air Force.
An Air Force C-130 Hercules airdropped a 155 mm M198 Howitzer to soldiers in the Paktika Province in Afghanistan on Saturday.
"Five good chutes, that's all we could ask for," joint airdrop inspector Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Gifford said in an Air Force release. "It means the Army loaders did their job right, and we did our job right, and everything went according to plan."
The 36-foot-long cannon can fire shells at targets more than 13 miles away, according to Army specifications.