Something to note here, contrary to russian howitzers which make a big ass flash when they fire, the L119/M119 has a flash hider on the barrel so even when firing at night there is almost no muzzle flash, especially when viewed from far away or above.

To say this increases survivability for artillery crews is an understatement, it completely changes the battlefield calculus. Comparatively worrying about raw distance to the front is a trivial concern to lighting your ass up at night everytime you fire or being limited to only firing during the day.

The L119 is not only superbly light, far lighter than almost any other howitzer on earth, it has been pressed into fighting where an incomprehensible amount of shells were fired through individual artillery pieces because of an intense push that defenders had to keep pushing back on over and over again to stop. This places the L119/M119 into an extremely unique category of being both an advanced lightweight version of a tool while also being just as durable if not more durable than heavier dinosaurs like Soviet D30s.

The L119 does not stop firing, not when it is raining, not when it is cold, not when it is windy… that is the difference with drones. The drones will eventually stop, whereas L119 artillery batteries can put out such a high volume of shells that people on the receiving end essentially are transported directly to hell.

That is the thing, most people who don’t understand war look at a small cannon like this and think it is less devastating than a bigger weapon, but the thing about a light cannon is you can get it where it needs to be fast, and you can fire it fast over and over and over again. Far faster than larger weapons can be fired…

All of this to say, the British understand how to make a light howitzer/cannon, which they better given their history…