![]() The gun’s low rate of fire was partially due to the need to depress the gun in order to load it, adding time to an already lengthy process. Not only was reloading the M110’s magazine a slow, painstaking chore but the heavy shells also adversely affected the howitzer’s rate of fire.Įven when using the howitzer’s automatic rammer, only one round every two minutes could be achieved for sustained fire, which could increase slightly to three rounds every two minutes during short bursts. The extremely large projectiles, though indeed massively powerful, were a logistical challenge. ![]() Even from inside the hull, the crew members were protected by an approximately half-inch layer of armor plating, leaving them vulnerable to virtually everything except modest small arms fire from inside the vehicle. Unlike most self-propelled howitzers, the M110’s crew members loaded and operated the platform’s main gun from outside the hull, leaving them especially vulnerable to small arms attack or enemy counter-battery fire, one of the M110’s glaring drawbacks.
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