Re: [DS] Why tank destroyers?

Try this link

www.janes.com/defence/air_forces/news/jalw/jalw001013_1_n.shtml 

Derk Groeneveld wrote:
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> On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Tony Francis wrote:
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> > Derk Groeneveld wrote:
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> > > On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Andrew Martin wrote:
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> > > > > <<  The hellfire doesn't have that problem as far as I know.
> > > > >  Shoot..Scram...*blam*... >>
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> > > > > As long as SOMEONE has a laser painting the target :o)
> > > >
> > > > MMW Hellfire apparently self-homes. No need for laser
designation.
> > >
> > > I'm quite sure hellfire is laser homing. What do you mean by
self-homing?
> > > IR?
> >
> > MMW - MilliMetric Wave radar - a very short wavelength active radar
> > seeker. Known as Brimstone in the UK ?
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> Okay, I did a brief search on the web. As far as I can tell, the
Hellfire
> (AGM-114)  missile is laser guided only. Two more variants exist, the
> Hellfire II, which is further optimized, and the Longbow Hellfire,
which
> features the MMW radar that you mention. Or have I just managed to
> completely mix things up?
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> "HELLFIRE is an air-to-ground missile system designed to defeat tanks
>    and other individual targets while minimizing the exposure of the
>    launch vehicle to enemy fire. HELLFIRE uses laser guidance and is
>    designed to accept other guidance packages. It is used on
>    helicopters against heavily armored vehicles at longer standoff
>    distances than any other Army missiles now in the inventory. The
>    HELLFIRE II is the optimized version of the laser family of
HELLFIRE
>    missiles. The Longbow HELLFIRE Modular Missile System is an
>    air-launched, radar aided, inertially guided missile that utilizes
>    millimeter wave radar technology."
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> Cheers,
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>    Derk
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