Why The Taliban Fear The "Finger of Death"

Artillerymen prepare an XM982 Excalibur 155mm projectile for a fire mission. (U.S. Army photo courtesy of the Multi-National Division-Baghdad Public Affairs Office.)

Taliban Fear 155mm Excalibur “Finger of Death” -- Defense Tech

Apropos of our earlier post on precision guided indirect fire and the Army’s decision to cut its buy of Excalibur precision 155mm rounds, our own Christian Lowe checks in from his embed out near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border:

I spoke with an artillery forward observer with Angel Company, 3–187, at FOB Sharana the other day who told me about the few times he’s employed the Excalibur precision 155 round.

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My Comment: We do not hear much news on how development and research has propelled artillery to be an effective and accurate tool to be used on any battlefield. This brief post gives a glimmer on how much this has changed in the past few years.