Guided Artillery Weapons

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I wonder if these guided shells are heavier or lighter than your average 155mm howitzer shell (90-95 lbs.).
 
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plawolf said:
Other than that, I am struggling to think of scenarios where the better accuracy will justify the significantly higher unit cost of these shells.

What I think would be more useful would be precious guided mortar rounds for light infantry and airborne.

These troops will have limited carrying capacity, so it's extra important to make every shot count.

The nature of these troops types will also mean they are far more likely to be in close contact with the enemy, so weblike have a much better chance of regularly having forward elements in position ready to guide the rounds in.
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Guided mortar may be useful for special forces.

I wonder if you can also do it with a recoilless rifle firing an arc from behind cover with a separate spotter within line of sight to target. The launch could be hidden that way. They probably can't make it small enough to fit inside rpgs and those seeker head are probably specialised and expensive.

But suppose if someone smuggled out those seekers and they manage to end up on say, modified Hamas rockets?
 
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by78

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»Ø¸´: Guided Artillery Weapons

GP155B, the 155mm GPS-guided artillery round. The Chinese equivalent of the Excalibur round:

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The Chinese equivalent of SMArt 155 (artillery fired top-attack munition):

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Wow, so we finally get a clear picture of the GPS guided artillery round.

Appears similar in configuration to the laser guided Krasnopol and its Chinese copy, but obviously using GPS guidance instead of laser.
 
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Animated video introducing an entire complex of offensive systems and munitions:

[video=youtube;UQbOHFeOX_g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQbOHFeOX_g&list=UUfKZhJuo_geMxuwj0yW898A[/video]
 
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