This helmet-cam/GoPro footage shows the perspective of a Ukrainian artilleryman as he arms, loads, and fires shells at Russian positions with his crewmates.

The howitzer appears to be a M101, an American-made 105-millimeter howitzer that has been in service in conflict all over the world since the 1940s. This particular piece is likely one of the 54 given to Ukraine by Lithuania in 2022, after having recieved them from Denmark in 2002. The M101 has a range of 12,330 yards (11,270 meters), and despite having been retired by the US military, it is still very much a viable option. Note how the gunner arms and carries the round some distance from the gun, avoiding the nasty cook-off situations in which we consistently see Russian artillery.

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