US Army advances precision-guided mortar programme The US Army's 120 mm High Explosive Guided Mortar (HEGM) programme has progressed to a Design...Jane's Defence WeeklyDaniel Wasserbly
The US Army will evaluateNemo 120mm turreted mortarsystem in a Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) exercise, Finnish manufacturer Patria announced on 22 October. ‘The testing complements ongoing cooperation between Patria and the US Army on a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)announc...
The US Army is proceeding with plans to determine if it can outfit mortar carriers, such as its...Ashley Roque, Washington, DCJane's Defence Weekly
(1944) Medium/Heavy Tank – 2,212 Built A bit late for WWII The M26 Pershing descended from a long series of medium and heavy tank prototypes, dating back from 1936. During the war, heavy tank development had been long delayed or given low priority since the US Army, USMC and Allied ...
The US army has effectively discontinued a program to develop a smart mortar round, as it continues fielding new precision guided munitions (PGMs). The main issue is the XM395 precision guided Mortar Munition (PGMM): a 120 mm semiactive laser guided mortar round being developed by Alliant Tec...
The Program Executive Office-Ammunition (PEO Ammo) has fielded the new ATK-developed Accelerated Precision Mortar Initiative (APMI) cartridges with the US Army’s Stryker brigade combat teams (BCTs), which are currently operating in Afghanistan. ...
The US Army needed a more convincing light tank than the small M2, especially after the 1940 campaign, following a new tactical thinking about armored forces in the USA. A light, fast tank, equipped with one of the most common guns for its category, a 37 mm (1.46 in), was designed, ...
The US Army engineers have mounted a mortar onto the back of a high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV/Humvee) in an attempt to make a more mobile artillery system. The engineers at Picatinny Arsenal in New jersey used the Vasilek 2B9 82 mm automatic mortar, the largest caliber mo...
mortar fires during MOUT to mini-ize collateral damage.1)High-explosive ammunition,especially the 120-mm projectile,gives good results when used on lightly built structures within cities.However, itoes not perform well against reinforced concrete found in larger urban areas....
US Army 'smart' mortar munition set for production The US Army is preparing to produce the Precision-Guided Mortar Munition (PGMM), a smart 120 mm mortar round that can engage high-priority targets with low collateral damage. It has been stated by Lieutenant Colonel John Lewis that the n....