Copperhead (ammunition)
| M712 Copperhead | |
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| General Information | |
| Type | guided artillery shell |
| Manufacturer | Texas Instruments & Martin Marietta |
| development | 1975 |
| Commissioning | 1983 |
| Technical specifications | |
| length | 1.37 m |
| diameter | 155 mm |
| Combat weight | 62.4 kg |
| Range | 3 - 16 km |
| Furnishing | |
| Target location | passive laser sighting |
| Warhead | 22.5 kg shaped charge & fragmentation warhead |
| Detonator | Impact fuse |
| Weapon platforms | 155 mm howitzers |
| Lists on the subject | |
The M712 Copperhead is a 155mm guided artillery projectile developed by the United States . It can be fired by all 155 mm guns used by NATO members.
technology
The precision-guided projectile steers itself automatically into a target marked by a laser after being fired . Since it needs active target lighting until impact, it counts as semi-autonomous ammunition. The target must be continuously illuminated (marked) for 3 to 15 seconds by the advanced target illuminator. Since different laser frequencies can be used, several copperheads can fight different targets at the same time. If several projectiles are fixed on the same frequency, a target is fought several times accordingly.
commitment
The M712 Copperhead was first used in Iraq in 1991 during the Second Gulf War . The armed forces of Lebanon used M712 Copperhead in 2017 in fighting in anti-Lebanon against the terrorist group " Islamic State " (IS).
distribution
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joseph Trevithick: Lebanese Troops Hammered ISIS With Laser Guided Artillery Shells in 2017. In: amp.timeinc.net. The Drive, February 6, 2018, accessed June 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Jane's Ammunition Handbook , Accessed: October 24, 2012 (English)