Basis of Issue Plan - BOIP

A.  DESCRIPTION:  THE M119 HOWITZER IS A LIGHTWEIGHT 105MM TOWED
WEAPON WITH THE FOLLOWING DIMENSIONS:  LENGTH - (FOLDED POSITION)
16 FT (4.85M), (WITH TUBE IN FIRING POSITION) 20 FT 9 IN. (6.32M)
AND (WITH TUBE LOCKED IN CRADLE TRAVELING STAYS) 20 FT 2 IN (6.15M);
WIDTH - 5 FT 10 IN (1.78M); HEIGHT - (FOLDED POSITION) 4 FT 6 IN
(1.37M); (WITH TUBE LOCKED IN CRADLE TRAVELING STAYS) 7 FT 3 IN
(2.21M) AND CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING MAJOR COMPONENTS:  RECOIL
MECHANISM, CARRIAGE, FIRE CONTROL INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING M137E1
PANORAMIC TELESCOPE, XM187 TELESCOPE MOUNT & QUADRANT, XM186
TELESCOPE MOUNT AND M90E6 STRAIGHT TELESCOPE; BREECH MECHANISM
ASSEMBLY, CANNON AND CRADLE.

    B.  CAPABILITIES:  THE M119 HOWITZER HAS AN INCREASED RANGE OF
14.0 KM UNASSISTED AND 19.5 KM ASSISTED, PROVIDING GREATER LETHALITY
THAN THE REPLACED M101/102 HOWITZER.  THE M119 PROVIDES CONTINUOUS
FIRES WITH EXISTING  AND DEVELOPMENTAL 105MM PROJECTILES, PROPELLING
CHARGES AND FUZES.  IT CAN BE FIRED DAY AND NIGHT IN ALL TYPES OF
ENVIRONMENTS. THE LIGHTWEIGHT HOWITZER CAN BE EMPLACED BY A CREW
OF SEVEN WITHIN THREE MINUTES, BY A REDUCED CREW IN FOUR MINUTES
AND CAN BE DISPLACED IN THREE MINUTES.

    C.  EMPLOYMENT:  THE M119 HOWITZER WILL PROVIDE CONTINUOUS
FIRES IN SUPPORT OF LIGHT, AIRBORNE, AIR ASSAULT, SEPARATE INFANTRY
BRIGADE AND MOTORIZED INFANTRY DIVISION MANEUVER ELEMENTS DURING ALL
PHASES OF OPERATIONS, IN DIRECT SUPPORT, REINFORCING AND GENERAL
SUPPORT ROLES.

    D.  BASIS OF ISSUE:  SIX PER 105MM FIRING BATTERY IN THE DIRECT
SUPPORT BATTALIONS IN LIGHT INFANTRY, AIRBORNE, AIR ASSAULT,
SEPARATE INFANTRY BRIGADE AND THE GENERAL SUPPORT BATTALION OF THE
MOTORIZED INFANTRY DIVISION.

     E.  POWER REQUIREMENTS:  N/A.

     F.  TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS:  THE M119 HOWITZER WILL BE
TRANSPORTABLE BY ROAD WITH THE M1037 HMMWV WITH MODIFICATION KIT
AS IT'S PRIME MOVER, RAIL OR AIR (C141B AND C130 AIRCRAFT).  IT
WILL BE TRANSPORTED EXTERNALLY BY THE UH60 HELICOPTER AND
TRANSPORTED EXTERNALLY AND INTERNALLY BY THE CH47 HELICOPTER.


      G.  PERSONNEL/MAINTENANCE IMPACTS:

         (1)  OPERATOR (S):

              (A)  CREW SIZE/MOS:  THE FOLLOWING PERSONNEL COMPRISE
THE HOWITZER SECTION/CREW IN SUPPORT OF THE M119.

                   1 - E6, 13B HOWITZER SECTION CHIEF
                   1 - E5, 13B AMMUNITION TEAM CHIEF
                   1 - E5, 13B GUNNER
                   1 - E4, 13B ASSISTANT GUNNER
                   1 - E4, 13B PRIME MOVER DRIVER
                   2 - E3, 13B CANNONEER

              (B)  TRAINING REQUIREMENTS:  NO ADDITIONAL TRAINING
IS REQUIRED FOR NEW SYSTEM.

         (2)  MAINTAINERS:

              (A)  UNIT LEVEL:  MOS 13BU6

              (B)  IDS LEVEL:   MOS'S 41C, 45L

(C)   IGS LEVEL: MOS41C, 45L

H.  SPECIAL NOTES:  AS DIRECTED BY HQDA DSCOPS AND HQ TRADOC,
THE M1037 HMMWV IS THE INTERIM PRIME MOVER FOR THE M119 HOWITZER.
TO MEET PRIME MOVER REQUIREMENTS, THE M1037 WILL BE MODIFIED WITH
A KIT ASSIGNED ORDNANCE NUMBER 57K1628 IT WILL  BE INTENSIVELY
MANAGED BY TACOM AND WILL BE IDENTIFIED BY SEPARATE DATA PLATE.

THIS BOING IS APPROPRIATE FOR INCLUSION IN AR 71-13.