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The vehicles are built at BAE&#8217;s York, Pennsylvania, facility, and final assembly is in Elgin. <br\/><br\/>Under the Paladin Integrated Management (PIM) program, BAE will field sets of vehicles as part of low-rate initial production: the M109A7 and companion tracked ammunition carrier, the M992A2. The LRIP order covers 65 sets, and the Army is expected to acquire between 550 and 580.<br\/><br\/>The PIM is the successor to the <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">legacy <\/span>\u200bM109A6 155mm howitzer, and continues to use the same gun as the older artillery piece. But from the bearing ring on down, the PIM is essentially a new weapon system, one that comes with digital displays and a 70 kilowatt, 600-volt on-board power system.<br\/><br\/><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/ausa\/\" title=\"http:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/ausa\/\">Digital Show Daily: Complete coverage of the AUSA Global Force Symposium and Exposition<\/a><\/b><br\/><br\/>BAE also has built in commonality with the Army&#8217;s Bradley fighting vehicle, and Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV), something the Britain-based company said will help cut down costs. Those are three of the four vehicles in the Armored Brigade Combat Team<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">Vehicle<\/span>\u200b.<br\/><br\/>&#8220;You could take a driver out of a Bradley, drop him in a PIM, and he&#8217;d be just as at home, whereas before it was a completely different vehicle,&#8221; said Mark Signorelli, BAE&#8217;s vice president of combat vehicles.<br\/><br\/>Signorelli touted the electrical systems in the vehicle, including an electric rammer that helps load the projectile. 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