Kitolov-2M is a Russian laser-guided mortar and artillery shell with Malakhit automated artillery
fire control system
A fire-control system (FCS) is a number of components working together, usually a gun data computer, a director, and radar, which is designed to assist a ranged weapon system to target, track, and hit a target. It performs the same task as a ...
able to attack stationary and moving targets with
top attack
Plunging fire is a form of indirect fire, where gunfire is fired at a trajectory to make it fall on its target from above. It is normal at the high trajectories used to attain long range, and can be used deliberately to attack a target not suscep ...
pattern.
The 120mm mortar round is called Kitolov-2 and the 122mm artillery shell Kitolov-2M.
Several mortars using this system can fire simultaneously without interfering with each other, and the system is using common data for targets spaced at up to 300 m.