Re: Advanced Guided Missile systems

Richard Slattery wrote:
> 
> On  3 Jul 98 at 22:48, John Atkinson wrote:
> 
> >
> > I knew it was one of those sounds-good-on-paper-but-kinda-flakey-in-
> > practice ideas getting tossed around during the 60s and 70s, along
> > with kneeling suspensions and through-the-gun ATGMs.  :)
> >
> > John Atkinson
> 
> Eww, the sheridan? They were given to the national guard almost as
> soon as they were produced weren't they?
> 
	True, but the Russians seem to be fans of the idea.  (I've heard
a
story that they like them because of deficiencies in their fire-control
systems-- Without an ATGM round, their tanks just aren't as accurate as
ours at long range.)  In addition, the U.S. is working on some type of
guided round for the 120mm cannon, but I think it's a guided round,
rather then a true missile.
Charles Gray