Plan would double artillery upgrades in Army arsenal over the next five years
By: Todd South  
The Army is about a third of the way toward its goal to acquire an upgraded fleet of nearly 700 tracked, mobile artillery cannons but will nearly double its inventory over the next five years if a recent budget request is approved.
More than six years ago, the Army began a program to improve the M109A6 Paladin self-propelled 155 mm artillery cannon, which was fielded in 1994.
Since the improvement program began then, they’ve been able to put more than 200 of the weapons into their arsenal and more than 200 more are on the way over the next five years, with an ultimate goal of having 689 Paladins in stock over the next decade, according to recently released Army budget request documents.
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2019/03/22/plan-would-double-artillery-upgrades-in-army-arsenal-over-the-next-five-years/
