Cannon-launched guided projectile explained

Cannon-launched guided projectiles (CLGP) are precision-guided munitions launched by howitzers, mortars, tank guns, and naval guns. Those projectile main propulsion system is the initial kinetic shoot, directed as much as possible toward the target. A secondary GPS or geocoordinates-based system then corrects the trajectory to increase target accuracy and fall closer to the target. This system relies on electronic guidance and pre-programmed coordinates, submitted to the round before its launch.

Systems capable of firing CLGPs

• 120×570mm NATO
  • • • • 120 mm mortar
    • 125 mm smoothbore ammunition
      • • • • • • 152 mm
            • 155 mm

List of CLGPs

See also: List of gun-launched missiles.

Tank

• 105x617mm NATO
  • • • Falarick 105 – (Belgium/Ukraine)
• 120×570mm NATO
  • • • • • (planned to also support 125 mm smoothbore)
• 125 mm smoothbore ammunition
  • • • • 152 mm

Naval

• 5-inch, US naval (mainly Mark 45)
  • (abandoned)
  • (cancelled)
  • Excalibur N5
    • (abandoned)
• 8"/55 caliber Mark 71 gun)
  • (abandoned)

Howitzer

• 122 mm
  • (also in a 120 mm mortar version)^[1]
• 152 mm
  • semi-automatic laser-guided (also in 155 mm for export)
• 155 mm
  • • • • • • • • • • • • • ^[2]
  • GP1 (Chinese Krasnopol clone)^{[3] [4] [5]}
  • GP6 (Improved GP1)^[6]

Mortar

• 81 mm mortar
  • - millimetric radar guided
• 120 mm mortar
  • • • • • guided 120 mm artillery shell with Malakhit fire control system.^{[7] [8]}
  • GP120 (GP4) is a Chinese terminal corrected 120 mm mortar shell.^[9]
  • GP140 (GP9) is a Chinese semi-active laser (SAL) guidance 120 mm mortar shell.

See also

• Missile tank

Notes and References

1. http://roe.ru/pdfs/pdf_1914.pdf
2. Web site: Rheinmetall Denel Munition qualifies VLAP shell for overseas client. 13 March 2017.
3. Web site: 功能维护升级中 . 2017-11-21 . 2018-05-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180511235612/http://www.norinco.com/GB/61/76/index.html . dead .
4. http://www.janes360.com/images/assets/423/54423/precision-guided_munitions_for_field_artillery.pdf
5. Web site: Somebody's Popping off Laser-Guided Shells in Libya. 13 November 2017.
6. Web site: Chinese GP6 guided artillery projectiles in Libya . Armament Research Services (ARES) . 18 September 2019.
7. Web site: KBP Instrument Design Bureau - Gran . 2017-11-24 . 2018-11-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181112214706/http://www.kbptula.ru/index.php/en/productions/artillery-guided-weapon-systems/gran . dead .
8. Web site: Final Report. characterisationexplosiveweapons.org.
9. Web site: Enhanced capability for WMA029 mortar system - China Military . 2017-11-22 . 2017-04-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170401075430/http://english.chinamil.com.cn/view/2017-03/27/content_7540752.htm . dead .