How can you hit the target every time during artillery fire? By making ammunition intelligent so it can refine its trajectory. Example with this 57mm grenade designed by Northrop Grumman for the American army.
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The battlefields in Ukraine show that the enormous amount of artillery at the disposal of the Russian army matters, but not only … With much less, the Ukrainians optimize their actions. Drones have a lot to do with it. They allow you to correct and refine strikes while avoiding wasting ammunition. Western weapons also help a lot when it comes to shooting more precisely and further. But there is even better! Modern ammunition is now more than steel warheads and explosives. They become “smart” and can now focus on a target and reorient themselves to hit the target precisely. This type of grenade also exists in France with the Katana (Nexter), a 155 mm ammunition for Caesar cannons. On the American side, industrialist Northrop Grumman has just developed a new self-guided 57mm artillery shell for naval combat.
Hit and miss every time
The ammunition is intended for the US Navy’s Mk110 Naval Gun Mount. It may not seem like much, but making a grenade “smart” completely changes the way war is fought. Instead of firing numerous shells that enclose a large explosive charge that radiates widely to neutralize the enemy, adding intelligence to the ammunition allows the explosive charge to be reduced and only one shell to be fired to precisely hit the target. Where it hurts the most. When precision ammunition already exists, as in the case of the Katana, it is an achievement to accommodate sensors and systems that ensure changes in direction to reach the acquired target in a small 57 mm grenade. Thanks to this system, it is possible to fire at greater distances without losing precision, even if the target’s position has changed. Final advantage: no modifications to the barrel are required.