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U.S. Army soldiers train with anti-drone ammo designed to drop enemy FPV

Soldiers assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps Signal Detachment conducted live-fire familiarization training with the 5.56mm L-variant Drone Round at Oak Grove Training Center in North Carolina on April 9, 2026 — putting a new class of kinetic counter-drone ammunition to the test against small unman

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Soldiers assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps Signal Detachment conducted live-fire familiarization training with the 5.56mm L-variant Drone Round at Oak Grove Training Center in North Carolina on April 9, 2026 — putting a new class of kinetic counter-drone ammunition to the test against small unmanned aerial systems without any modifications to their standard rifles. […]

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