Iron Sting

Israel's 120 mm precision-guided mortar munition — a drop-in, dual-mode (GPS/laser) round that turns standard smoothbore tubes into room-level urban strike assets, combat-proven since October 2023 in Gaza and Lebanon.

Overview

The Iron Sting (Hebrew: עוקץ פלדה, Oketz Plada) is a 120 mm precision-guided mortar munition (PGMM) developed by Elbit Systems. It is designed as a plug-and-play replacement for any standard 120 mm smoothbore mortar, giving infantry and special-operations teams the ability to deliver a single round with a circular error probable (CEP) below 10 metres inside dense urban terrain — without modifying the tube, fire-control system, or crew procedures. Guided by a dual-mode GPS/semi-active laser seeker, and equipped with a multi-option fragmentation/blast warhead, the Iron Sting has been in large-scale Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) service since mid-2024, following a series of small-batch fielding trials and a combat debut in the Gaza war.

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