{"id":68324,"date":"2024-10-14T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/10\/14\/how-the-armys-upgrading-ammo-to-destroy-targets-large-and-small\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:13:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:13:39","slug":"how-the-armys-upgrading-ammo-to-destroy-targets-large-and-small","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2024\/10\/14\/how-the-armys-upgrading-ammo-to-destroy-targets-large-and-small\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Army\u2019s upgrading ammo to destroy targets large and small"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From pistol rounds to artillery shells, the Army is developing a host of new ways to destroy targets large and small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The service is working on one-way tracer rounds for current standard rifle ammunition <\/a>and reduced-range training rounds for some of the same cartridges. Additionally, the service is testing proximity fuses for grenade launcher rounds that would help defeat enemies behind barriers and blast drones out of the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, on the larger end of the caliber spectrum, Army scientists are building new rounds for the 120mm tank rounds they expect will be needed to defeat enemy armor.<\/p>\n\n\n\t