Dueling Artillery Projectiles Achieve Distance Records

Ramjet 155

Credit: U.S. Army
Two competing hypervelocity projectiles have achieved record-setting distance flights from different types of long-range artillery systems. A Boeing/Nammo team fired an unguided Ramjet 155 round from a 58-caliber Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, setting a...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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