"This Is The Army’s New MALET Kit That Turns Mortars" Topic
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| Tango01 | 09 Nov 2026 12:29 p.m. PST |
…Into Drone-Dropped Weapons
"The Army on Wednesday unveiled its new system allowing front-line troops to rapidly convert 60mm and 81mm mortar rounds into drone-droppable munitions. Dubbed the Munitions Air-dropped Lethal Effects Tool (MALET), it is part of the service's Picatinny Common Lethality Integration Kit (CLIK), which enables lethal payloads to be placed on unmanned systems, including small drones.
The development of these systems is taking place as the Army races to catch up to a mode of delivering munitions on enemy targets that began to show up a decade ago, when ISIS fighters started using this capability during the Battle of Mosul in Iraq in 2016 and 2017. Work on the MALET system began in 2024, the Army explained in its announcement Wednesday morning. Experts at the Armaments Center's Fuze and Mortar Divisions "recognized a critical opportunity," according to the service. "Rather than introducing new munitions to the battlefield, soldiers could benefit from a capability to safely drop existing munitions without having to perform field modifications or manually remove safety mechanisms."…"
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