Local American Legion (Boyertown, PA) recently acquired this thing of beauty. Photographed with a camera and film that is just a bit younger than the gun.
No replacement for displacement. Newspaper article said this M108 came from Aberdeen, which is relatively nearby.
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Originally Posted By R0N: The 108, at one time division DS guns were 105mm. But putting a light gun like a 05, it a heavy chassis did not make any sense, so they went away.
Originally Posted By KavonTN: Early M109 variant w/ a weird barrel? Did some PL / XO time in an FSC for a Paladin Bn. Those were M109A6s though.
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Looks like an M109 that was just in the pool.
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