The M119 howitzer is a lightweight 105 mm howitzer, used by the United States Army. It is the American licensed version of the British L119 light gun. The M119 is typically towed by the M1097 or M1152 High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), and can be easily airlifted by helicopter, or airdropped by parachute.
M119 howitzer
M119 Howitzer as part of a training exercise conducted near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, September 17, 2004
M119 slingloaded by UH-60 Blackhawk
105mm howitzer being fired by A Battery, 2-218th Field Artillery of Oregon
The L118 light gun is a 105 mm towed howitzer. It was originally designed and produced in the United Kingdom for the British Army in the 1970s. It has since been widely exported. The L119 and the United States Army's M119 are variants that use a different type of ammunition.
Royal Artillery firing 105 mm light guns on exercise in 2013
The One O'Clock Gun firing at Edinburgh Castle
Slung from a RAF Merlin at RAF Benson
Gunners with a shell and a propellant cartridge ready to load