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Re: [DS] Why tank destroyers?

From: Ryan M Gill <rmgill@m...>
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 11:29:33 -0400
Subject: Re: [DS] Why tank destroyers?

At 11:17 AM +0200 9/7/01, Derk Groeneveld wrote:
>
>I'm quite sure hellfire is laser homing. What do you mean by
self-homing?
>IR?

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/agm-114.htm

Two versions of guidance. Laser with the AGM-114 A/B/C/F/K. MMW Radar 
with the L model. The laser versions have issues with cloud layers 
interfering with seeker locks.

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