GPS-Guided Mortars Fielded For The First Time

New GPS-guided mortar rounds are seven times more accurate.

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Army Deploys First GPS-Guided Mortars -- Popular Science

Precision guided munitions have completely altered the face of warfare, but the humble mortar has remained virtually unchanged for decades, lobbing explosive rounds at a faraway enemy with a relatively high degree of inaccuracy. Finally, the U.S. army is giving this this infantry workhorse a 21st-century update, fielding GPS-guided mortar rounds for the first time.

One Infantry Brigade Combat Team in Afghanistan has already received the new rounds, known as Accelerated Precision Mortar Initiative cartridges (APMI), and seven more are expected to receive them in the next sixth months. The GPS-guided 120-millimeter mortar rounds will offer infantry commanders precision-strike capability, offering them an alternative to blanketing an area in indirect fire.

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Army delivers GPS-guided mortars to soldiers in Afghanistan -- Geek.com
US Army fields first precision-guided mortars to troops in Afghanistan -- Defence Web

My Comment: This is going to have an immediate impact in war zones like Afghanistan.