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< p >The M712 Coperhead is done using a laser beam. The blow on the enemy's positions was made from the self -propelled howitzer M109A6 Paadin, and the targeting was performed by UAV operators equipped with laser illumination. Although a specific drone model is not specified, it was reported earlier that the Ukrainian company Skyton integrated the laser guidance system into its ACS-3 Raybird reconnaissance UAV.
~ ~ < p > m712 Coperhead & mdash; It is a 155-mm managed artillery projectile designed in the United States in the 1970s. It is equipped with a fragmentary or cumulative combat part, which can effectively affect both fortifications and armored vehicles. The range of its use reaches 16 km. Earlier these shells were used by the US Army during the Iraq war in 1991.< p > on the transfer of Coperhead to Ukraine became known in November 2024, when the forces of special operations first used this ammunition to destroy Russian positions during Kursk operation. In January 2025, Ukrainian artillery with his help struck the concrete fortification of the invaders in the Kherson region.
< P > The use of M712 Coperhead in the Land Forces of Ukraine indicates a gradual integration