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  • Big boost to battlefield operations [tank-based "shotgun" round!]

    12/05/2005 11:02:45 AM PST · by 68skylark · 100 replies · 3,367+ views
    U.S. Army Public Affairs ^ | December 5, 2005 | Wakeland Kuamoo
    FORT KNOX, Ky. (Army News Service, Dec. 5, 2005) -- While the booming sounds of a 120mm tank main gun firing on Cedar Creek Range were familiar, the type of tank round being fired was very unique. The 16th Cavalry Regiment provided a live fire demonstration of the first M1028 canister rounds at Fort Knox, Nov. 10. The canister round is the newest 120mm tank main gun ammunition now available to the Armor Force, and has been deployed in the Middle East. According to Maj. Kevin Parker, the S-3 of the 16th Cav., the purpose of the demonstration was to...