"A battery of self-propelled guns can move in, set up and start firing for effect a lot faster than conventional towed artillery. They can also pack up and get out of town a darn sight faster. Us dog-faces never got to see heavy stuff like this, but we sure were on the receiving end of what they were dishing out."
Corporal Pete Riordan, 101st Airborne.
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"What is sweeter to an infantryman than the sound of our own artillery passing overhead? How is that the exact same sound coming from the other direction can freeze your bowels?"
