[Darksheare]

Copperhead rounds, IR guidance.
GPS guidance has already been looked into for artillery rounds.
Basically, they had a round that could turn around and hit the gun firing it.
(Slight stretch there, but the round can curve it's flight.)

Will it ever see actual production and deployment?
Not anytime soon in the US.
*sighs*
I was in artillery once, and had heard about these nice toys in development for us.
Problem was that the high brass didn't like us much.
They kept declaring us as obsolete.

[JasonC]

Copperheads are laser designated. The newest IR stuff doesn't need a painted target, it homes on natural heat. GPS for arty rounds is quite easy and we should do it, clearly. The thing about autonomous terminal IR is you don't need to know exactly where the tank is and you don't even need an eyeballing FO. He can just know it is over that ridge hiding in dead ground, and call the mission. And the rounds will find the tanks.