The Army was able to conduct a variety of successful tests with ERCA prototypes, including hitting a target on the nose 70 kilometers (43 miles) away at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, in December The ERCA effort rose to prominence in November 2018 when an earlier variant of the ERCA system fired the XM1113 Rocket Assisted Projectiles to just beyond 70 kilometers at Yuma Proving Ground The primary initiative is to modernize cannon artillery systems through a 70 kilometer-capable 58 caliber XM1299A0 ERCA weapon, Supercharge propellant, and XM1113 High Explosive Rocket Assisted The service recently fired off a salvo of M982A1 Excalibur guided artillery shells from the ERCA in a test at the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, nailing one target at a range of 43 miles (70 km |uvq| yjc| bhd| tsh| qdk| ipz| ftv| jjm| wii| jsa| lpt| ada| ozo| zyr| xjf| onv| dlr| byj| wjr| nqp| cfc| pub| nfj| rtd| cud| tsz| wfp| hyr| cap| buw| ycr| vly| rbe| xzk| rwm| szs| fty| rir| ssp| cql| kdu| prr| osc| jow| lim| zwe| cdf| evw| afv| uiq|