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U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground actively supports six of the Army Futures Command's Cross Functional Teams (CFTs) building the Army's future force, which seeks to retain overmatch with near-peer adversaries in a high intensity conflict while maintaining the competency in waging irregular warfare that has been achieved since the 9/11 attacks.
Chief among these priorities is the CFT concerned with long-range precision fires of artillery and the Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) program, which aims to field systems capable of accurately firing at targets 100 kilometers away, a dramatic increase over the 30 kilometers a currently-fielded 155mm howitzer shell is capable of when fired at top zone with rocket assistance. YPG conducts developmental testing of multiple facets of it, from the artillery shells to the longer cannon tube and larger firing chamber the improved howitzer will need to accommodate them. YPG’s ammunition plant has been instrumental in building multiple experimental formulations, shapes, and configurations for new propelling charges to accommodate the improved projectiles.
One aspect of ERCA currently being tested at the proving ground is the XM1113 projectile.
| Date Taken: | 04.22.2020 |
| Date Posted: | 04.28.2020 13:45 |
| Category: | Video Productions |
| Video ID: | 749962 |
| VIRIN: | 200422-A-AB123-001 |
| Filename: | DOD_107791331 |
| Length: | 00:01:19 |
| Location: | YUMA PROVING GROUND, AZ, US |
| Downloads: | 87 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 87 |
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