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A soldier stands inside a parked howitzer as artillery rounds are fired in the distance.

African Lion Artillery

Soldiers observe fired artillery rounds in an M109A6 Paladin howitzer at the Tan Tan Training Area, Morocco, June 13, 2021, during African Lion, U.S. Africa Command's largest joint, annual exercise.

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