Cannon-launched guided projectiles (CLGP) are precision-guided munitions launched by howitzers, mortars, tank guns, and naval guns. Those projectile main propulsion system is the initial kinetic shoot, directed as much as possible toward the target. A secondary GPS or geocoordinates-based system then corrects the trajectory to increase target accuracy and fall closer to the target.[citation needed][how?] This system relies on electronic guidance and pre-programmed coordinates, submitted to the round before its launch.[citation needed]
Systems capable of firing CLGPs
[edit]- 120×570mm NATO
- 120 mm mortar
- PLL-05 – (China)
- 125 mm smoothbore ammunition
- 152 mm
- M60A2 – (United States)
- M551 Sheridan – (United States)
- MBT-70 – (United States)
- 155 mm
- Archer Artillery System – (Sweden)
List of CLGPs
[edit]Tank
[edit]- 105x617mm NATO
- LAHAT – (Israel)
- Falarick 105 – (Belgium/Ukraine)
- 120×570mm NATO
- 125 mm smoothbore ammunition
- 9K112 Kobra – (Soviet Union)
- 9M119 Svir/Refleks – (Soviet Union)
- 152 mm
- MGM-51 Shillelagh – (United States)
Naval
[edit]- 5-inch, US naval (mainly Mark 45)
- 155 mm Advanced Gun System – (United States)
- LRLAP – (United States) (abandoned)
- 8"/55 caliber Mark 71 gun)
- SAM-N-8 Zeus – (United States) (abandoned)
Howitzer
[edit]- 122 mm
- Kitolov-2M – (Russia) (also in a 120 mm mortar version)[1]
- 152 mm
- Krasnopol (Weapon) – (Russia, Soviet Union) semi-automatic laser-guided (also in 155 mm for export)
- 155 mm
- M1156 Precision Guidance Kit – (United States)
- M712 Copperhead – (United States)
- M982 Excalibur – (United States, Sweden)
- Basir – (Iran)
- BONUS – (Sweden, France)
- SMArt 155 – (Germany)
- Rheinmetall Denel Munitions 155 mm V-LAP [2]
- GP1 (Chinese Krasnopol clone)[3][4][5]
- GP6 (Improved GP1)[6]
Mortar
[edit]- 81 mm mortar
- Merlin Mortar round - millimetric radar guided
- 120 mm mortar
- XM395 Precision Guided Mortar Munition – (United States)
- Strix mortar round – (Sweden)
- KM-8 Gran – (Russia) guided 120 mm artillery shell with Malakhit fire control system.[7][8]
- GP120 (GP4) is a Chinese terminal corrected 120 mm mortar shell.[9]
- GP140 (GP9) is a Chinese semi-active laser (SAL) guidance 120 mm mortar shell.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ http://roe.ru/pdfs/pdf_1914.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Rheinmetall Denel Munition qualifies VLAP shell for overseas client". 13 March 2017.
- ^ "功能维护升级中". Archived from the original on 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
- ^ http://www.janes360.com/images/assets/423/54423/precision-guided_munitions_for_field_artillery.pdf Archived 2017-12-15 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Somebody's Popping off Laser-Guided Shells in Libya". 13 November 2017.
- ^ "Chinese GP6 guided artillery projectiles in Libya". Armament Research Services (ARES). 18 September 2019.
- ^ "KBP Instrument Design Bureau - Gran". Archived from the original on 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
- ^ "Final Report". characterisationexplosiveweapons.org.
- ^ "Enhanced capability for WMA029 mortar system - China Military". Archived from the original on 2017-04-01. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
External links
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