What does AFAS stand for?

Advanced Field Artillery System

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Intended to have a maximum range of some 57,000 metres when fired from the XM297 barrel of the XM2001/XM2002 Crusader advanced field artillery system (Afas), the XM982 will employ GPS-based course correction to deliver extreme accuracy at extreme ranges -- one of the planned warheads is described as a `unitary' bunker buster, implying a point target.

Further to the point: until recently, the artillery world was divided ...

United States The two major US Army self-propelled howitzer programmes are the M109A6 Howitzer Improvement Programme (HIP), and the Advanced Field Artillery System (AFAS).

Fire for effect: western developments in self-propelled artillery

The latter has been known under several names during its existence, but the favoured one now seems to be the Advanced Field Artillery Systems, or AFAS.

A general survey of recent artillery developments; refurbishment is ...