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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A projectile shoots from a howitzer, creating a ball of flames and smoke.

Howitzer Blast

The earth shakes as an M109A6 Paladin fires a gas-propelled 155 mm howitzer round through the enormous canon, as the Army’s 1-9 Field Artillery, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, conducts gun calibration at Destiny Range in Mosul, Iraq, April 23, 2010.

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