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U.S. Army soldiers of Fox Battery, 7th Field Artillery, fire a 155mm M198 Towed Howitzer during an artillery training exercise near Khowst, Afghanistan, on Jan. 9, 2005. The Fox battery soldiers are using the training opportunity to hone their ability to provide destructive, suppressive and protective indirect and direct field artillery fires with the howitzer.

U.S. Army soldiers fire a 155mm M198 Towed Howitzer.

U.S. Army soldiers of Fox Battery, 7th Field Artillery, fire a 155mm M198 Towed Howitzer during an artillery training exercise near Khowst, Afghanistan, on Jan. 9, 2005. The Fox battery soldiers are using the training opportunity to hone their ability to provide destructive, suppressive and protective indirect and direct field artillery fires with the howitzer.

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