i find that platform to be elegant, and quite useful. additionally it appears that it can be reloaded under armor and optics are protected against shell splinters and small arms fire.
this thing rocks. as a sidenote its gonna be better against helicopters because of its speed so its a two fer. i consider this the Canadian ADATS reborn but better.
Similar supersonic missiles are used on Russian helicopters ,speed and reach of these weapons makes defense against them more difficult . Why dedicated atgm vehicle ,these are far more mobile and deployble than tanks and much cheaper , missles reach past tank gun.Due to missle range and optics to match, such vehicles often serve nicely for recon. US never seemed fond of ATGM vehicles but the rest of the world always had them , Warsaw pact forces complemented tanks with these and these made great equalizers against posiblly better western tanks. 1973 Izraelis suffered greatest loses not too tanks but to ATGM launchers and teams.
We've had all forms of TOW carriers for many years. Ranging from simple to advanced, none quite so sophisticated as this vehicle however. Today we still have the LAV-AT and M1134 Stryker. While there have been plans to replace the TOW in the past these have come to nothing. However the latest variants of the TOW are still very capable.
Back in the '80s and into the '90s the Hellfire was evaluated for use on dedicated ATGM vehicles. While some were tested successfully this concept never went anywhere.
There were plans for dedicated missile carriers using the LOSAT (later CKEM) hypersonic missile but at some point CKEM was scrapped.
That missile seems to be tied to a unwieldy launch platform.
ReplyDeletei find that platform to be elegant, and quite useful. additionally it appears that it can be reloaded under armor and optics are protected against shell splinters and small arms fire.
ReplyDeletethis thing rocks. as a sidenote its gonna be better against helicopters because of its speed so its a two fer. i consider this the Canadian ADATS reborn but better.
the missile looks like it will be outstanding, but dedicated ATGM vehicles, especially tracked ones, don't sell too well.
DeleteWhy buy this when you can get a tank that fire 4-6 different types of rounds for only $1 million more?
interesting, I'm wondering how well it does on course corrections, and AMS systems.
ReplyDeleteSimilar supersonic missiles are used on Russian helicopters ,speed and reach of these weapons makes defense against them more difficult . Why dedicated atgm vehicle ,these are far more mobile and deployble than tanks and much cheaper , missles reach past tank gun.Due to missle range and optics to match, such vehicles often serve nicely for recon. US never seemed fond of ATGM vehicles but the rest of the world always had them , Warsaw pact forces complemented tanks with these and these made great equalizers against posiblly better western tanks. 1973 Izraelis suffered greatest loses not too tanks but to ATGM launchers and teams.
ReplyDeleteWe've had all forms of TOW carriers for many years. Ranging from simple to advanced, none quite so sophisticated as this vehicle however. Today we still have the LAV-AT and M1134 Stryker. While there have been plans to replace the TOW in the past these have come to nothing. However the latest variants of the TOW are still very capable.
DeleteBack in the '80s and into the '90s the Hellfire was evaluated for use on dedicated ATGM vehicles. While some were tested successfully this concept never went anywhere.
There were plans for dedicated missile carriers using the LOSAT (later CKEM) hypersonic missile but at some point CKEM was scrapped.