The US Army is spending $353 million on a suitcase-size weapon that can 'hear' enemy tanks and fire

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The US Army is spending $353 million on a suitcase-size weapon that can 'hear' enemy tanks and fire armor-piercing slugs at them
insider@insider.com (Michael Peck) - Yesterday 7:41 AM
 
The US Army is working on a new landmines designed to attack the thinner armor on the top of tanks.

The Army recently awarded a contract for production of the XM204, a "wide area top-attack munition."

The Army sees the weapon as a way to restrict an enemy's room to maneuver its armored vehicles.
 
The US Army is developing a smart anti-tank mine that detects the sounds of enemy vehicles and then destroys them with an armor-piercing slug.

Gone are the World War II-era buried mines that resembled dinner plates or Frisbees. The XM204 looks like a large suitcase, and instead of clothes it carries four top-attack submunitions that pop up and hit the thinner armor on the top of a tank.

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