
The Army on Friday successfully shot two different munitions out of its new extend range cannon for the M109 howitzer reaching ranges of 65 kilometers, with the service readying the second phase of the program within the next few months. Brig. Gen. John Rafferty, director of the Long Range Precision Fires Cross-Functional Team, told reporters following the test the Army has also made progress on the auto-loader it is developing for the Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA), with plans to…