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On 10 September 2013, Raytheon received a $54 million contract for a second lot of Excalibur Ib artillery rounds. The Excalibur Ib has improved reliability and lower unit cost than the previous Excalibur Ia-1 and Ia-2. At the time of the award, over 690 Excalibur projectiles had been fired in theater. [51]
Pages in category "155 mm artillery shells" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... M982 Excalibur; M1128 projectile; S. SMArt 155
The M982 Excalibur was fielded as a guided shell that effectively hit within 6 m (20 ft) of a target, but the Army developed the XM1156 as a cheaper alternative. The PGK fuse can be screwed onto existing M549A1 and M795 projectiles, be fired from M109A6 Paladin and M777A2 Howitzer artillery systems, and hits within 50 m (160 ft) of the target ...
The U.S. Department of Defense announced new contract awards totaling nearly $2 billion in total value on Monday -- and a modification of an existing contract worth $6.9 billion all on its own.
The M107 is a 155 mm high explosive projectile used by many countries. It is a bursting round with fragmentation and blast effects. It is a bursting round with fragmentation and blast effects. It used to be the standard 155 mm high explosive projectile for howitzers of the US Army and US Marine Corps , but is being superseded in the US military ...
The M795 is a 155 mm high-fragmentation, steel (HF1)-body projectile, filled with 10.8 kilograms (23.8 lb) of TNT.It weighs approximately 47 kilograms (103 lb). The high-fragmentation steel body is encircled by a gilding metal rotating band, making it compatible with 3W through 8S (M3A1 through M203A1) zone propelling charges across all current 155 mm howitzers.
155 mm L/52: 8×8 truck Digital design 0 CAESAr Mk.I France 155 mm L/52: 6×6 or 8×8 truck 2008 441 CAESAr Mk.II France 155 mm L/52: 6×6 truck 2026 79 AGM, Artillery Gun Module Germany 155 mm L/52: 6×6 / 8×8 truck Demonstrator 0 RCH 155 Germany Switzerland 155 mm L/52: 8×8 or 10×10 AFV: 2025 170 IFG Mk2 SPH India 105 mm L/37: 6×6 truck ...
M712 Copperhead approaches an old M47 Patton tank used as a target M712 detonating. The M712 Copperhead is a 155 mm caliber cannon-launched guided projectile.It is a fin-stabilized, terminally laser guided, explosive shell intended to engage hard point targets such as tanks, self-propelled howitzers or other high-value targets.