The Future of Artillery in 21st Century Warfare

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Title

The Future of Artillery in 21st Century Warfare

Subject

Artillery
Land Warfare
Military

Description

The article visualises the future of Artillery in the 21st century. It brings out the requirement of Artillery in the nine conflicts till datein the 21st Century. It is observed that Artillery is required to perform three primary tasks: First, Surveillance and Target Acquisition; second, engagement of targets; and third, post-strike damage assessment. The future battlespace would be non-linear with the need for simultaneous engagement in the close, intermediate, and depth areas. Based on these aspects, one arrives at the future profile of Artillery and the equipment needed for the task. This results in the type of regiments and their equipment in the Indian context. The Surveillance and Target Acquisition (SATA) Regiments, Gun Regiments, Mortar Regiments, Rocket Regiments, and BrahMos supersonic Cruise Missile Regiments would compose the future set up of Artillery. In view of this, the paper will discuss, ammunition, the weapon of the Artillery; and the aspects of Precision Guided Munitions, Loitering Munitions as also the Long Range ammunition being developed by BAE System, and Lockheed Martin.

Creator

Chakravorty, P. K.

Source

CLAWS Journal; Vol. 14 No. 1 (2021): Summer 2021; 51-66
2319-5177

Publisher

Centre For Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi, India

Date

2021-06-30

Rights

Copyright (c) 2021 Center For Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi, India
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Relation

Format

application/pdf

Language

eng

Type

info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article

Identifier

Collection

Citation

P Chakravorty. K., The Future of Artillery in 21st Century Warfare, Centre For Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi, India, 2021, accessed November 22, 2024, https://igi.indrastra.com/items/show/76

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