Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment Battlegroup fire live rounds from their 105mm Light Gun during an exercise in Kenya in 2020.
Source: UK MoD -
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Original production model to meet UK requirements. Fires the same 105mm Field Mk 2 family of artillery shells as the Abbot self-propelled howitzer.
UK produced variant for export sales. Features a shorter L20A1 howitzer with single baffle muzzle brake firing the US 105mm M1 range of ammunition. With non-assisted shells this has a shorter range than the L118, but ammunition is more commonly available.
American license produced version built at Watervliet Arsenal. Identical to L119 when the first batch was built, but subsequently modernized in the USA.
The Light Gun was developed to replace the Model 56 pack howitzer in UK service.
The L118 variant of the Light Gun fires the same 105mm shells as the Abbot.
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