M982 Excalibur is a co-developed U.S.-Swedish 155 mm precision artillery projectile that gives compatible howitzers first-round guided effects at extended range. In this catalog it is documented with U.S.-led coalition use in Operation Inherent Resolve and U.S. fielding and combat-use evidence from the War in Afghanistan.
U.S. Marines with Task Force Spartan prepared Excalibur 155 mm rounds at Fire Base Bell, Iraq, while conducting March 2016 fire missions against an ISIL infiltration route during Operation Inherent Resolve.
U.S. forces fired M982 Excalibur rounds from M777 howitzers during the Afghanistan war; a post-2015 DVIDS Afghanistan image documents Excalibur MX 982A1 rounds as a precision-guided M777A2 ammunition capability in Laghman Province in 2018.
