Early variants had a short, 23-caliber barrel. Later versions, including the M109A6 Paladin, have a 39-caliber barrel. The M109 has a crew of six: commander, gunner, driver and three ammunition ...

Since then, the M109 howitzer has undergone ... with noticeable peeling paint. The equipment seen in the footage is not the modern Paladin but most likely the M109A2NL model, indicating howitzers ...

TASS/. Russian forces destroyed a US-made M109 Paladin self-propelled howitzer and a Polish-manufactured Krab motorized artillery gun of the Ukrainian army near Konstantinovka in the Donetsk ...