A Ukrainian reconnaissance drone discovers a Russian artillery unit set up inside a Donetsk woodline and immediately marks the location for counter battery artillery fires. The responding Ukrainian artillerymen use a US-delivered M777 155mm howitzer to fire an M982 precision guided Excalibur round and make a first-shot direct hit on the target, which is identified as a 2S3 Akatsiya 152mm self-propelled howitzer.

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Will Killmore is a US Army combat infantry veteran and Purple Heart recipient. He has deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan with the 172nd Stryker Brigade and 173rd Airborne Brigade. Following his time in service, he successfully pursued a certificate of journalism and has been a blogger for Funker530 since 2014. Follow Will’s bad takes on Twitter