Sill-www.army.mil/firesbulletin/, October-December 2008, 14-15 pp.Our Soldiers and Marines engaged in combat operations in both Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) now have an additional capability hi then toolkits. This new asset is the XM982 (Increment la-1) Excalibur Artillery projectile. Currently fielded to Paladin M109A6 and M777A2 howitzer Field Artillery (FA) units in both theaters, Excalibur stands ready to support the maneuver warfighter by providing increased accuracy and range.
Excalibur is a unitary, high-explosive 155-millimeter Artillery Precision-Guided Munitions (PGM) capable of striking its intended target with a less than 10-meter circular error probable (CEP) at all ranges from 8 to 24 kilometers for the currently fielded Increment 1 a-
1. Follow on Increments la-2 and lb will be able to reach 40 kilometers if fired from the M109A6 and the M777A
2. and 30 kilometers if fired from the Future Combat System Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon.Capabilities/Benefits
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