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1. #M548 AMMO CARRIER DRIVER#
2. #M548 AMMO CARRIER MANUAL#
3. #M548 AMMO CARRIER PATCH#
4. #M548 AMMO CARRIER VERIFICATION#
5. #M548 AMMO CARRIER SERIES#

When retubing was done at the battalion level, the M578 Light Recovery Vehicle was used.

The barrels could not be replaced using a single M578 due to weight and the need for precise placement of the barrel into the cradle to prevent damaging the barrel brass runners. Two cranes were used – one on either end of the barrel.

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If the gun was facing hostile artillery, the gun would fire and relocate where these crewmen would reload the M107 at the new location to avoid counter-battery fire.Each member of the M107 crew has specific duties when the vehicle is firing:The section chief operates the hydraulic load and ram, verification with "gunner's quadrant", as well as operating the rear spade and left spade unlock.

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The driver operates the positions spade and the barrel travel lock. The gunner controls deflection (the horizontal direction in which the gun is pointing).

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The number one cannoneer opens and closes the breech, verifies ramming of the round with ram rod and powder load red on the rag (which means he can see the red igniter patch to verify that the powder is not put in backwards), loads the primer, hooks up the lanyard (pig tail), pulls lanyard on command, and unlocks the right spade lock. This allows for faster reload times and its high maneuvering speed and fast reload time allows the M107 to practice shoot-and-scoot, redeploying before the firing position can be zeroed in on.One drawback of the M107 in combat was that laying the gun involves skilled minute movements of the entire vehicle. The gunner uses hand signals to the driver, who views them in the left rear view mirror and moves the vehicle left or right by tapping on the steering bar. The other cannoneers set the collimator and aiming stakes under the direction of the gunner.Only two rounds are carried with its gun tractor on "loading trays". These rounds can be fired by the onboard crew of five (Section Chief, Driver, Gunner, Assistant Gunner, Number One Cannoneer) of the crew of thirteen. Two other firms also produced the M107: FMC, between 19, and Bowen-McLaughlin-York.Both the M107 and M110 use the same drive train components as the M578 Light Recovery Vehicle. In addition to its use in performing maintenance on the M107 and M110, and for recovery of damaged or inoperable vehicles, this vehicle has seen wide use in a variety of engineering roles.Many of the M107s were rebuilt into the M110A2 configuration. ChassisBoth the M107 and M110 are based on a common chassis, which features five road wheels on either side of the chassis, idler arms attached to torsion bars, tracks driven from the front by a 450 hp General Motors turbo supercharged diesel with the turbocharger connected to the supercharger by a steel pencil sized “quill” shaft. The engine and transmission are mounted in the front right, with the driver to its left.

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The engine had an attached hydraulic pump used to traverse the turret with a manual backup hand crank.The hydraulic pump was sometimes improperly used to dig in the rear spade, resulting in damage to the hydraulic spade cylinders after the first round was fired. The manual backup was used to lay the gun, since the hydraulic control was too coarse. The 175 mm T235 self-propelled gun and 203 mm T236 self-propelled howitzer were driven by a diesel engine and, aside from the different armament, were essentially the same vehicle.

Its weight allows the use of a relatively small engine to power the vehicle, a 6V53 Detroit 2-stroke six cylinder diesel, with an Allison TX-100-1 3-speed automatic transmission, and allows the vehicle to carry a large payload cross-country and.Īrmy service as the M107 and M110 in 19, respectively.Paccar received the M107 and M110 design contracts and initial manufacturing single source bid from Detroit Arsenal. During the 1950s, the standard US Army motorized 203mm artillery piece was the M55, based on the chassis and the turret of the M53 155mm Self-Propelled Gun, which used some components from the M48 tank. The weight of the M55, at 44 metric tons, prohibited air transportation and its gasoline engines limited its range to approximately 260 km, as well as presenting an explosion hazard in combat.LMAO, should seen what happens when a idiot leans his brooms stick against a M548 Ammo Carrier and forgets to retrieve it. Spent 8 hrs looking for that damn.This led the U.S.

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Army to issue a requirement for a new series of self-propelled artillery: lighter, so as to be transportable by air, while continuing the practice of deriving several vehicles from the same chassis, which simplified maintenance and training.