The L118 light gun is a 105 mm towed howitzer. It was originally produced for the British Army in the 1970s and has been widely exported since, including to the United States, where a modified version is known as the M119 howitzer. The proper name for it is "Gun, 105mm, Field, L118" but it is almost always just called "the light gun".
The versatile 105 mm Light Gun is used by the Parachute and Commando Field Artillery Regiments of the British Army.The Light Gun can be towed by a medium-weight vehicle, or carried around the battlefield under slung by a Puma or Chinook helicopter. The gun is used by 4 Regiments of the Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Artillery; 3 RHA, 4 Regt RA, 7 PARA RHA, 29 CDO RA.
(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L118_lig... & http://www.army.mod.uk/artillery/2353...)
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