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Quoted By: >>1246179
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67714719
>A crackling sound on the radio sends instructions to artillerymen waiting inside a US-made M-109 Paladin howitzer.
>"We have a new target."
>Immediately, the entire crew springs into action. The engine roars. One of the gunners pushes a projectile into the barrel. The gun is loaded.
>"Fire!" he shouts, and pulls the cord. A deafening explosion shakes the armoured machine.
>They fire just one round, and then wait for the next command.
>But after a prolonged silence, the same crackling voice on the radio gives them an order: "Stand down and cover the gun."
tl;dr
>"We have a new target."
>They fire just one round.
>"Stand down and cover the gun."
>A crackling sound on the radio sends instructions to artillerymen waiting inside a US-made M-109 Paladin howitzer.
>"We have a new target."
>Immediately, the entire crew springs into action. The engine roars. One of the gunners pushes a projectile into the barrel. The gun is loaded.
>"Fire!" he shouts, and pulls the cord. A deafening explosion shakes the armoured machine.
>They fire just one round, and then wait for the next command.
>But after a prolonged silence, the same crackling voice on the radio gives them an order: "Stand down and cover the gun."
tl;dr
>"We have a new target."
>They fire just one round.
>"Stand down and cover the gun."
