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Iron Sting: Israelis Will Demo Smart Mortar For US

TEL AVIV: On March 14 th, the Israeli army and contractor Elbit unveiled a new precision-guided 120 mm mortar shell which will enter IDF service in months – and which, confidential sources say, will be demonstrated for the US Army by the end of the year. The US could easily adopt the Israeli shell because it uses the same caliber of mortar, 120 mm, on special fire-support variants of its 8×8 Stryker (which may also get an Israeli anti-missile system) and the tracked Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV). What’s more, the US Army has been looking to upgrade its mortars for some time, including a field-test of a computerized 81 mm mortar called ADIM (Automated Direct/Indirect-fire Mortar) in Germany in 2018. It’s already developed some advanced aiming systems for existing mortars but Iron Sting goes further.

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