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Army Completes Paratrooper Tests For Smaller, Lighter Laser Targeting Device

Army Completes Paratrooper Tests For Smaller, Lighter Laser Targeting Device
Sgt. Matthew Anderson, a Fire Support NCO, conducts post drop inspections of his LTLM II after jumping the LTLM II onto Fort Bragg, N.C.'s Sicily Drop zone, 2018. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo by Rebecka Waller, Audio Visual Production Specialist, Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command)

Army paratroopers have successfully completed testing of a lighter, ruggedized version of its laser target locator needed to improve artillery fire accuracy, officials said June 1.The Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate (ABNSOTD) and 82nd Airborne Division demonstrated full mission capability for the Laser Target Locator Module (LTLM) II, and officials plan to roll out the capability to paratroopers Army-wide."The LTLM II provides the dismounted squads the capability to obtain targeting data, no matter the weather conditions or location," Staff…

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