Cannon-launched guided projectile
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Cannon-launched guided projectiles are Precision-guided munition
launched by conventional tube artillery
and guns. Cannon Launched Guided Projectiles commonly referred to by the abbreviation CLGP are intended to supplement and not supplant conventional rounds, providing additional accuracy when needed.
Precision-guided munition
A precision-guided munition is a guided munition intended to precisely hit a specific target, and to minimize damage to things other than the target....
launched by conventional tube artillery
Artillery
Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...
and guns. Cannon Launched Guided Projectiles commonly referred to by the abbreviation CLGP are intended to supplement and not supplant conventional rounds, providing additional accuracy when needed.
Mortars
- Merlin Mortar round
- XM395 Precision Guided Mortar MunitionXM395 Precision Guided Mortar MunitionThe XM395 Precision Guided Mortar Munition was a 120 mm laser-guided mortar round under development by Alliant Techsystems.-Design:The mortar round has no moving parts and maneuvers itself to the target by means of embedded thruster motors...
- Strix mortar roundStrix mortar roundThe Saab Bofors Dynamics STRIX is a Swedish guided projectile fired from a 120 mm mortar.STRIX is fired like a conventional mortar round. The round contains an infrared sensor that it uses to guide itself onto any tank or armoured fighting vehicle in the vicinity where it lands.STRIX has been in...