The Paladin artillery system of the US Armed Forces was introduced in the US Army in 1960. M109A6 Paladin to be brought to Lithuania is the ninth-generation model with the maximum firing range of 30 kilometres. One artillery system is manned by a crew of six – the commander, the gunner, the gunner's assistant, the driver and two ammunition loaders.
Exercise Fire Thunder 2015 will take place in the General Povilas Plechavicius (Klaipeda district) and the General Silvestras Zukauskas (Pabrade) Training Areas on April 13 through 24 and involve exercise training audience from 4 NATO allies – the United States, Poland, Lithuania and Portugal.
The international Exercise Fire Thunder is organised in Lithuania by the Lithuanian Land Force of the Lithuanian Armed Forces for the third time in a row. The number of participating NATO allies increases each the year.
