155mm XM982 demonstration

Test firing of the XM982 155mm GPS guided artillery round from an M109 Paladin against a simulated mortar crew

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• military
• artillery
• test
• firing
• 155mm
• m109
• paladin

[willutw]

@masterco93

its not the giant explosion that kills thats off movies

what kills you is the powerfull shockwave force of the explosion if that dosnt kill then the red hot pieces of shrapnel piercing your body would kill u

[tropickman]

This is amazing, because it gives you guided missile like precision, at a far lesser cost!

[ppitm]

@willutw This is DPICM, isn't it? Not much of a shockwave on those. Whenever you're inside the fatal blast radius of a conventional explosive, you'll probably be swiss cheese from the shrapnel anyways. Whereas a rogue piece of metal can kill from if you're standing 200m away from a normal hand grenade.

[evil001987]

@cyberhuninvan

The weapon being demonstrated here is the ammo if I'm not mistaking.

[kustombo]

I very like this video.Goooooood job. ^^;

[FRA66ER6]

Quite fast, I admit.

[bestamerica]

NigelGriff,

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okay thank explain

[TheRamthor13]

@NigelGriff i saw evert one, and looked away at the one obvious one. lol typical

[NigelGriff]

@bestamerica Because thats less rounds the tank can carry, more weight, and 120mm is more than enough for the engagements a tank is required for. Bigger isnt always better.

[NigelGriff]

@TheRamthor13 What does it look like? Watch the slo-mo at the end and you tell me.

[TheRamthor13]

airburst, or explode on impact?

[firekraqr]

I would love to see the flash point, zoomed in, on one of those 1,000,000 FPS cameras.