Cannon-launched guided projectile

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 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

• 120×570mm NATO
• 120 mm mortar
• 125 mm smoothbore ammunition
• 152 mm
• 155 mm

List of CLGPs

Tank

• 105x617mm NATO
• Falarick 105 – (Belgium/Ukraine)
• 120×570mm NATO
• (planned to also support 125 mm smoothbore)
• 125 mm smoothbore ammunition
• 152 mm

Naval

• 5-inch, US naval (mainly Mark 45)
• (abandoned)
• (cancelled)
• Excalibur N5
• (abandoned)
• 8"/55 caliber Mark 71 gun)
• (abandoned)

Howitzer

• 122 mm
• (also in a 120 mm mortar version)
• 152 mm
• semi-automatic laser-guided (also in 155 mm for export)
• 155 mm
• GP1 (Chinese Krasnopol clone)
• GP6 (Improved GP1)

Mortar

• 81 mm mortar
• – millimetric radar guided
• 120 mm mortar
• guided 120 mm artillery shell with Malakhit fire control system.
• GP120 (GP4) 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

• Missile tank

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