{"id":264314,"date":"2023-01-28T06:19:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T06:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=264314"},"modified":"2023-01-29T08:33:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T08:33:45","slug":"excalibur-us-armys-most-accurate-artillery-shell-supporting-ukraines-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=264314","title":{"rendered":"Excalibur: US Army’s most accurate artillery shell supporting Ukraine’s fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forces Net \u2013 January 26, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n

One of the world’s most advanced artillery shells is being provided by the US to Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Said to be the US Army’s most accurate artillery shell, the GPS-guided M982 Excalibur is an advanced precision-guided 155mm artillery shell.<\/p>\n

According to defence contractor BAE Systems, “regardless of the distance from the gun and the target, the round has the same accuracy”.<\/p>\n

With normal artillery, the Excalibur can land within six feet of a target 25 miles away but, in tests, the US scored a direct hit on a truck at more than 40 miles.<\/p>\n

Its accuracy made it an essential part of Ukraine’s recent counter-offensives and has been credited with hugely increasing the country’s firepower.<\/p>\n

One shell can hit a target that may be missed by a volley of conventional shells\u00a0\u2013 making it ideal for surgical strikes on significant Russian targets.<\/p>\n

The US is sending more than 500 Excalibur shells to Ukraine in its latest military package\u00a0\u2013 the Pentagon has previously not acknowledged the sending of the artillery rounds.<\/p>\n

It is thought that the US has, however, sent around 3,000 Excalibur rounds since the conflict started in February last year.<\/p>\n