SmartCannons are recoilless weapons modified to shoot special tracking shells. A SmartCannon round can adjust its path to strike a designated target.

These rounds are used in the Rasiermesser SmartCannon, and are useful for slow ships, notably the E100 freighter, or any other ship that is inaccurate. The light rounds “track” an enemy, similar to the KM500 Stiletto Missile and are often found in early-game systems and at Raissermesser stations. Unless you use a smart cannon, it's not profitable to loot these rounds, as no station buys them and if they do it's only 1 credit per shell.