PITTSBURG, Kan., May 3 (UPI) -- Jake's Fireworks Inc. of Pittsburg, Kan., is recalling 75,000 Excalibur Reloadable Artillery Shell Kits because labeling may be unclear. The Consumer Product Safety ...
July 30, 2014: The U.S. Army has two GPS guided artillery shells; Excalibur and the new XM1156 PGK (Projectile Guidance Kit). PGK is actually a large fuze that screws into the front of a 155mm or ...
November 28, 2013: China recently revealed two new artillery shell designs. One was an improved base bleed technology to increase range of 152mm shells to 28 kilometers. Base bleed works by having ...
Since the GPS-guided Excalibur artillery round first made it to Iraq and Afghanistan, roughly 200 rounds have been fired. In the last week or so, use of that round has pulsed. Army artillerymen have ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Jake’s Fireworks, of Pittsburg, Kan., have voluntarily recalled a consumer fireworks product because it poses a safety hazard. The ...
Ukraine's commander-in-chief posted a Facebook video showing the effects of the M982 Excalibur. Gen. Valeriy Zaluzhny praised the maximum accuracy of the precision-guided shells. The US has supplied ...
The Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, Gen. Valeriy Zaluznhiy, has posted a video on his Facebook channel which shows the effects of the U.S. M982 Excalibur 155 mm extended-range guided ...