May 22, 2020
Meet the Excalibur Round: The Army's Newest Anti-Tank Weapon
Russia should watch out.
by Kris Osborn
What if a Russian armored vehicle column were approaching for attack, maneuvering between mountains about 15km away as they came forward? At the same time, the U.S. Army sees the approaching force with surveillance drones but has no armed air support. Large rockets like the Army’s Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, a GPS Guided weapon able to hit targets out to 70km, might cause too large of an explosion given that the enemy force is moving through populated urban areas. A smaller, long range armor penetrating weapon might be needed—a tank killer with more range than a TOW or Javelin missile.
With this kind of scenario in mind, the U.S. Army and Raytheon are working on a newly configured tank-killing “Shaped Charge†155m precision-guided artillery round as part of a large-scale strategic attempt to outrange enemies and destroy approaching enemy armored columns at safer standoff ranges.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/meet-excalibur-round-armys-newest-anti-tank-weapon-156786
