AHEAD.

This is coolbert:

"Guided detonation munitions are designed to explode at a precise point on their flight path, calculated by the fire control system. In particular, when firing at ground targets, this makes it possible to hit enemy personnel hiding in a trench more effectively, as the projectile explodes when it reaches a point exactly above the trench. As a result, enemy soldiers are exposed to damaging factors such as shell fragments, high-explosive effect and shock wave."

"Russia Develops First 23mm Guided Detonation Munition - Source"

From https://sputnikglobe.com | article by VLADIMIR KARNOZOV | 17.08.2023.

"KUBINKA, Moscow Region (Sputnik) - The first guided detonation munition of the smallest caliber of 23 millimeters (0.9 inches), which will multiply the effectiveness of drone destruction, has been developed in Russia, a source told Sputnik on Thursday."

"The test firing of the new munition type is set to take place in the near future, after which it will be demonstrated to potential customers, the source added."

"For the first time in our country, we have managed to install a controlled detonation [mechanism] in a 23-mm caliber ammunition. The development will allow to multiply the effectiveness of hitting small targets such as copters and drones," 

AMMUNITION THAT WILL GREATLY ENHANCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ALREADY IN EXISTENCE SOVIET ERA ZU-23-2 AUTO CANNON AND THE ZSU-23-4 SPAAG. BOTH HAVING AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT ROLE.

This sounds like a 23 mm version of the AHEAD round. AHEAD [Advanced Hit Efficiency And Destruction] munition. Automatically programmed at the muzzle to: "explode at a precise point on their flight path". See a full and complete description of AHEAD.

"Ahead [sic] rounds aimed at the target’s intercept point. Every projectile is programmed by a muzzle based electromagnetic inductor, which sets an electronic timer to activate and separate the projectile into 152 heavy tungsten metal spin-stabilized sub-projectiles . . . forming a lethal cone shaped metal cloud, placed ahead of the target in its flight path."

AHEAD has been around for decades now. Nothing new. Just that the Russian has now the round in a reduced size caliber.

coolbert.