Guided Shells
Guided or "smart" ammunition have been developed in recent years, but have yet to supplant unguided munitions in all applications.
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M982 Excalibur. A GPS guided artillery shell.
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M712 Copperhead approaches a target tank
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SMArt 155. An anti-armor shell containing two autonomous, sensor-guided, fire-and-forget submunitions.
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