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51-429: (Redirected from CLGP ) Precision-guided artillery munition 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

102-1000: A 120 mm mortar version) 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 GP1 (Chinese Krasnopol clone) GP6 (Improved GP1) 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. GP120 (GP4)

153-802: A CLGP itself). Please expand the section to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page . ( September 2021 ) 120×570mm NATO Arjun MBT – ( India ) Merkava – ( Israel ) 120 mm mortar PLL-05 – ( China ) 125 mm smoothbore ammunition T-64 – ( Soviet Union ) T-72 – ( Soviet Union ) T-80 – ( Soviet Union ) T-90 – ( Soviet Union, Russia ) 152 mm M60A2 – ( United States ) M551 Sheridan – ( United States ) MBT-70 – ( United States ) 155 mm Archer Artillery System – ( Sweden ) List of CLGPs [ edit ] [REDACTED] This article

204-505: A larger burst charge that increases its effectiveness against aircraft. Used mechanical fuze setter. Two-piece rifled construction, with replaceable liner Electronic fuze setter replaces the mechanical one. Made with a unitary construction barrel, which has a life span approximately twice that of the Mark 42 gun. Export version of Mod 1, but now used in the U.S. Navy Mod 2 gun with a new control system; never put into production Receives

255-674: A laser designator or for another aircraft to illuminate the target. During NATO's air campaign in 1999 in Kosovo the new Italian AF AMX employed the Opher. In 1962, the US Army began research into laser guidance systems and by 1967 the USAF had conducted a competitive evaluation leading to full development of the world's first laser-guided bomb , the BOLT-117 , in 1968. All such bombs work in much

306-549: A laser designator to guide an electronically actuated bullet to a target. Another system in development uses a laser range finder to trigger an explosive small arms shell in proximity to a target. The U.S. Army plans to use such devices in the future. In 2008 the EXACTO program began under DARPA to develop a " fire and forget " smart sniper rifle system including a guided smart bullet and improved scope. The exact technologies of this smart bullet have not been released. EXACTO

357-403: A little over a minute to exhaust those rounds at maximum fire rate. For sustained use, the gun mount would be occupied by a six-person crew (gun captain, panel operator, and four ammunition loaders) below deck to keep the gun continuously supplied with ammunition. Development started in the 1960s as a replacement for the 5-inch (127 mm)/54-caliber Mark 42 gun system that had debuted in 1953 with

408-452: A longer 62-caliber barrel (versus Mod 1 and 2's 54 caliber) for more complete propellant combustion and higher velocity and thus more utility for land attack. Was designed to use the Mark 171 Extended Range Guided Munition (ERGM) , which was canceled. The Mk 45 mod 4 uses a modified flat-panel gun turret, designed to reduce its radar signature. In sustained firing operations (Mode III), the gun

459-518: A new, lighter, and easier-to-maintain gun mounting . The United States Navy uses the Mark 45 with either the Mk 86 Gun Fire Control System or the Mk 34 Gun Weapon System . Since before World War II, 5 inches (127 mm) has been the standard gun caliber for U.S. Naval ships. Its rate of fire is lower than the British 4.5 in (114 mm) gun , but it fires a heavier 5-inch (127 mm) shell which carries

510-477: A successful strike in any given weather conditions than any other type of precision-guided munition. Responding to after-action reports from pilots who employed laser or satellite guided weapons, Boeing developed a Laser JDAM (LJDAM) to provide both types of guidance in a single kit. Based on the existing Joint Direct Attack Munition configurations, a laser guidance package is added to a GPS/INS-guided weapon to increase its overall accuracy. Raytheon has developed

561-488: A version of the hyper-velocity projectile (HVP) developed for Navy electromagnetic railguns from conventional 5-inch deck guns. Using the HVP could give existing destroyers and cruisers better ability to engage land, air, and missile threats and allow more time to refine the railgun. The HVP would be a cheaper solution to intercepting incoming missiles than a missile interceptor costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. Converting

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612-428: Is a Chinese terminal corrected 120 mm mortar shell. GP140 (GP9) is a Chinese semi-active laser (SAL) guidance 120 mm mortar shell. See also [ edit ] Missile tank References [ edit ] ^ http://roe.ru/pdfs/pdf_1914.pdf ^ "Rheinmetall Denel Munition qualifies VLAP shell for overseas client" . 13 March 2017. ^ "功能维护升级中" . Archived from

663-503: Is a guided munition intended to hit a specific target, to minimize collateral damage and increase lethality against intended targets. During the Persian Gulf War guided munitions accounted for only 9% of weapons fired, but accounted for 75% of all successful hits. Despite guided weapons generally being used on more difficult targets, they were still 35 times more likely to destroy their targets per weapon dropped. Because

714-421: Is an air-dropped guided bomb containing metal penetrator rods of various sizes. It was designed to attack targets where an explosive effect may be undesirable, such as fuel storage tanks or chemical weapon stockpiles in civilian areas. The Germans were first to introduce PGMs in combat, with KG 100 deploying the 3,100 lb (1,400 kg) MCLOS -guidance Fritz X armored glide bomb , guided by

765-424: Is different from Wikidata All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from March 2023 Misplaced Pages articles needing clarification from March 2023 Articles to be expanded from September 2021 Commons category link from Wikidata Precision-guided munition A precision-guided munition ( PGM ), also called a smart weapon , smart munition , or smart bomb ,

816-664: Is missing information about Mk295M1, Mk332 (57 × 438 mm). Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page . ( September 2021 ) 5-inch, US naval (mainly Mark 45 ) BTERM – ( United States ) (abandoned) ERGM – ( United States ) (cancelled) Excalibur N5 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

867-850: Is missing information about anti-air, such as AHEAD ammo for Nächstbereichschutzsystem MANTIS. Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page . ( September 2021 ) See also: List of gun-launched missiles Tank [ edit ] 105x617mm NATO LAHAT – ( Israel ) Falarick 105 – (Belgium/Ukraine) 120×570mm NATO LAHAT – ( Israel ) KSTAM – ( South Korea ) SAMHO – ( India ) (planned to also support 125 mm smoothbore) 125 mm smoothbore ammunition 9K112 Kobra – ( Soviet Union ) 9M119 Svir/Refleks – ( Soviet Union ) 152 mm MGM-51 Shillelagh – ( United States ) Naval [ edit ] [REDACTED] This article

918-435: Is operated by a six-person crew: a gun captain, a panel operator, and four ammunition loaders, all located below decks. In fully automatic non-sustained firing operations (Mode IV), 20 rounds can be fired without any personnel inside the mount, using an autoloader . Mark 68 HE-CVT Mark 80 HE-PD Mark 91 Illum-MT Mark 116 HE-VT Mark 127 HE-CVT Mark 156 HE-IR Mark 172 HE-ICM (Cargo Round) On 9 May 2014,

969-571: The Kehl-Straßburg radio guidance system , to successfully attack the Italian battleship Roma in 1943, and the similarly Kehl-Straßburg MCLOS-guided Henschel Hs 293 rocket-boosted glide bomb (also in use since 1943, but only against lightly armored or unarmored ship targets). The closest Allied equivalents, both unpowered designs, were the 1,000 lb (450 kg) VB-1 AZON (from "AZimuth ONly" control), used in both Europe and

1020-722: The AAW-144 Data Link Pod, on US Navy F/A-18 Hornets . In World War II, the U.S. National Defense Research Committee developed the VB-6 Felix, which used infrared to home on ships. While it entered production in 1945, it was never employed operationally. The first successful electro optical guided munition was the AGM-62 Walleye during the Vietnam war. It was a family of large glide bombs which could automatically track targets using contrast differences in

1071-672: The CBI theater , and the US Navy 's Bat , primarily used in the Pacific Theater of World War II — the Navy's Bat was more advanced than either German PGM ordnance design or the USAAF's VB-1 AZON, in that it had its own on board, autonomous radar seeker system to direct it to a target. In addition, the U.S. tested the rocket-propelled Gargoyle , which never entered service. Japanese PGMs—with

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1122-507: The Iraq War included a single 2,000-pound (910 kg) JDAM and two 1,000-pound (450 kg) LGBs. With LJDAM, and the new GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB), these same aircraft can carry more bombs if necessary, and have the option of satellite or laser guidance for each weapon release. A cannon-launched guided projectile (CLGP), is fired from artillery , ship's cannon , or armored vehicles . Several agencies and organizations sponsored

1173-435: The 1990s. The Raytheon Maverick is the most common electro optical guided missile. As a heavy anti-tank missile it has among its various marks guidance systems such as electro-optical (AGM-65A), imaging infrared (AGM-65D), and laser homing (AGM-65E). The first two, by guiding themselves based on the visual or IR scene of the target, are fire-and-forget in that the pilot can release the weapon and it will guide itself to

1224-580: The CLGP programs. The United States Navy sponsored the Deadeye program, a laser-guided shell for its 5 in (127 mm) guns and a program to mate a Paveway guidance system to an 8 in (203 mm) shell for the 8"/55 caliber Mark 71 gun in the 1970s ( Photo ). Other Navy efforts include the BTERM , ERGM , and LRLAP shells. Precision-guided small arms prototypes have been developed which use

1275-466: The Enhanced Paveway family, which adds GPS/INS guidance to their Paveway family of laser-guidance packages. These "hybrid" laser and GPS guided weapons permit the carriage of fewer weapons types, while retaining mission flexibility, because these weapons can be employed equally against moving and fixed targets, or targets of opportunity. For instance, a typical weapons load on an F-16 flying in

1326-648: The German Mistel (Mistletoe) " parasite aircraft " was no more effective, guided by the human pilot flying the single-engined fighter mounted above the unmanned, explosive-laden twin-engined "flying bomb" below it, released in the Mistel's attack dive from the fighter. The U.S. programs restarted in the Korean War . In the 1960s, the electro-optical bomb (or camera bomb ) was reintroduced. They were equipped with television cameras and flare sights, by which

1377-441: The HVP to fire from conventional guns was not a program of record as of 2015 . HVP shells fired from 5-inch deck guns would travel at Mach 3, half the speed of a railgun but twice the speed of conventional rounds. The rounds would be more expensive than unguided shells but cheaper than missile interceptors, and engage air and missile targets out to 10–30 nautical miles (12–35 mi; 19–56 km). During 2018 RIMPAC exercises,

1428-619: The U.S. Navy released a request for information (RFI) for a guided 5-inch (127 mm) round that could be fired from Mark 45 guns on Navy destroyers and cruisers. This RFI came six years after the cancelation of the Raytheon Extended Range Guided Munition . The shell must have at least double the range of unguided shells for missions including Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS)/Land Attack, and increasing anti-surface warfare (ASuW) capabilities against fast attack craft (FAC) and fast inshore attack craft (FIAC);

1479-490: The air was degraded. The problem of poor visibility does not affect satellite-guided weapons such as Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) and Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW), which make use of the United States' GPS system for guidance. This weapon can be employed in all weather conditions, without any need for ground support. Because it is possible to jam GPS, the guidance package reverts to inertial navigation in

1530-560: The bomb would be steered until the flare superimposed the target. The camera bombs transmitted a "bomb's eye view" of the target back to a controlling aircraft. An operator in this aircraft then transmitted control signals to steerable fins fitted to the bomb. Such weapons were used increasingly by the USAF in the last few years of the Vietnam War because the political climate was increasingly intolerant of civilian casualties, and because it

1581-431: The damage effects of explosive weapons decrease with distance due to an inverse cube law, even modest improvements in accuracy (hence reduction in miss distance) enable a target to be attacked with fewer or smaller bombs. Thus, even if some guided bombs miss, fewer air crews are put at risk and the harm to civilians and the amount of collateral damage may be reduced. The advent of precision-guided munitions resulted in

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1632-461: The design requirements. The system was sent to Vietnam and performed well. Without the existence of targeting pods they had to be aimed using a hand held laser from the back seat of an F-4 Phantom aircraft, but still performed well. Eventually over 28,000 were dropped during the war. Laser-guided weapons did not become commonplace until the advent of the microchip . They made their practical debut in Vietnam, where on 13 May 1972 they were used in

1683-430: The early 1990s during Operation Desert Storm when they were used by coalition forces against Iraq . Even so, most of the air-dropped ordnance used in that war was "dumb," although the percentages are biased by the large use of various (unguided) cluster bombs . Laser-guided weapons were used in large numbers during the 1999 Kosovo War , but their effectiveness was often reduced by the poor weather conditions prevalent in

1734-400: The enemy. Mark 45 The latest 62-calibre-long version consists of a longer-barrel L62 Mark 36 gun fitted on the same Mark 45 mount. The gun is designed for use against surface warships, anti-aircraft and shore bombardment to support amphibious operations. The gun mount features an automatic loader with a capacity of 20 rounds. These can be fired under full automatic control, taking

1785-485: The event of GPS signal loss. Inertial navigation is significantly less accurate; the JDAM achieves a published Circular Error Probable (CEP) of 43 ft (13 m) under GPS guidance, but typically only 98 ft (30 m) under inertial guidance (with free fall times of 100 seconds or less). The precision of these weapons is dependent both on the precision of the measurement system used for location determination and

1836-462: The exception of the anti-ship air-launched, rocket-powered, human-piloted Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka , "Kamikaze" flying bomb did not see combat in World War II. Prior to the war, the British experimented with radio-controlled remotely guided planes laden with explosives, such as Larynx . The United States Army Air Forces used similar techniques with Operation Aphrodite , but had few successes;

1887-496: The main purpose is to destroy incoming small boats at a greater range with a proximity fuse airburst blast fragmentation warhead to spray shrapnel over swarms. Expected submissions include the BAE Systems Multi Service–Standard Guided Projectile (MS-SGP), Raytheon Excalibur N5 , and OTO Melara Vulcano guided long-range projectile. Naval Sea Systems Command is also looking to fire

1938-626: 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 ^ "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

1989-899: 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 [ edit ] [REDACTED] Media related to Cannon-launched guided projectiles at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cannon-launched_guided_projectile&oldid=1259798407 " Categories : Targeting (warfare) Guided artillery shells Hidden categories: All articles with bare URLs for citations Articles with bare URLs for citations from March 2022 Articles with PDF format bare URLs for citations Webarchive template wayback links Articles with short description Short description

2040-570: The precision in setting the coordinates of the target. The latter critically depends on intelligence information, not all of which is accurate. According to a CIA report, the accidental United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade during Operation Allied Force by NATO aircraft was attributed to faulty target information. However, if the targeting information is accurate, satellite-guided weapons are significantly more likely to achieve

2091-498: The project began as a surface to air missile seeker developed by Texas Instruments . When Texas Instruments executive Glenn E. Penisten attempted to sell the new technology to the Air Force they inquired if it could instead be used as a ground attack system to overcome problems they were having with accuracy of bombing in Vietnam. After 6 attempts the weapon improved accuracy from 148 to 10 ft (50 to 3 m) and greatly exceeded

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2142-553: The renaming of older, low-technology bombs as " unguided bombs ", "dumb bombs", or "iron bombs". Recognizing the difficulty of hitting moving ships during the Spanish Civil War , the Germans were first to develop steerable munitions, using radio control or wire guidance. The U.S. tested TV -guided ( GB-4 ), semi-active radar -guided ( Bat ), and infrared -guided ( Felix ) weapons. The CBU-107 Passive Attack Weapon

2193-510: The same way, relying on the target being illuminated, or "painted," by a laser target designator on the ground or on an aircraft. They have the significant disadvantage of not being usable in poor weather where the target illumination cannot be seen, or where a target designator cannot get near the target. The laser designator sends its beam in a coded series of pulses so the bomb cannot be confused by an ordinary laser, and also so multiple designators can operate in reasonable proximity. Originally

2244-510: The second successful attack on the Thanh Hóa Bridge ("Dragon's Jaw"). This structure had previously been the target of 800 American sorties (using unguided weapons) and was partially destroyed in each of two successful attacks, the other being on 27 April 1972 using AGM-62 Walleyes . They were used, though not on a large scale, by the British forces during the 1982 Falklands War . The first large-scale use of smart weapons came in

2295-552: The southern Balkans. The Lockheed-Martin Hellfire II light-weight anti-tank weapon in one mark uses the radar on the Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow to provide fire-and-forget guidance for that weapon. Lessons learned during the first Gulf War showed the value of precision munitions, yet they also highlighted the difficulties in employing them—specifically when visibility of the ground or target from

2346-486: The target without further input, which allows the delivery aircraft to manoeuvre to escape return fire. The Pakistani NESCOM H-2 MUPSOW and H-4 MUPSOW is an electro-optical (IR imaging and television guided) is a drop and forget precision-guided glide bomb. The Israeli Elbit Opher is also an IR imaging "drop and forget" guided bomb that has been reported to be considerably cheaper than laser-homing bombs and can be used by any aircraft, not requiring specialized wiring for

2397-408: The trajectory to increase target accuracy and fall closer to the target. This system relies on electronic guidance and pre-programmed coordinates, submitted to the round before its launch. Systems capable of firing CLGPs [ edit ] [REDACTED] This section is missing information about ships: just list the gun models; whether the gun itself is dumb or smart (able to program

2448-411: The video feed. The original concept was created by engineer Norman Kay while tinkering with televisions as a hobby. It was based on a device which could track objects on a television screen and place a "blip" on them to indicate where it was aiming. The first test of the weapon on 29 January 1963 was a success, with the weapon making a direct hit on the target. It served successfully for three decades until

2499-402: Was developing a similar " smart bullet " weapon designed to hit targets at a distance of up to 6 mi (10 km). Pike is a precision-guided mini-missile fired from an underslung grenade launcher. Air burst grenade launchers are a type of precision-guided weapons. Such grenade launchers can preprogram their grenades using a fire-control system to explode in the air above or beside

2550-571: Was possible to strike difficult targets (such as bridges) effectively with a single mission; the Thanh Hoa Bridge , for instance, was attacked repeatedly with iron bombs, to no effect, only to be dropped in one mission with PGMs. Although not as popular as the newer JDAM and JSOW weapons, or even the older laser-guided bomb systems, weapons like the AGM-62 Walleye TV guided bomb are still being used, in conjunction with

2601-412: Was test fired in 2014 and 2015 and results showing the bullet altered course to correct its path to its target were released. In 2012 Sandia National Laboratories announced a self-guided bullet prototype that could track a target illuminated with a laser designator . The bullet is capable of updating its position 30 times a second and hitting targets over a mile away. In mid-2016, Russia revealed it

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