RE: [SG2] weapons
From: "Robertson, Brendan" <Brendan.Robertson@d...>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 17:07:25 +1100
Subject: RE: [SG2] weapons
Must have misread the thread detail.
Could still work to defeat PDS, but it would start getting into HKP
vehicle
weapon scale. Fairly pointless for man portable weapons.
Brendan
'Neath Southern Skies
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oerjan Ohlson [SMTP:oerjan.ohlson@telia.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 5:03 PM
> Brendan Robertson wrote:
> >The latest MetalStorm grenade launcher fires at 300-250,000 rpm.
>
> We're talking about using 120mm+ mortar grenades to *defeat* PDS/ADS
here,
>
> so you'll still need at least 4 tubes just to keep the length of the
tubes
>
> reasonable (as in "not sticking up above the surrounding tree tops").
>
> But yes, as a *PDS* the MetalStorm should work OK.
>
>
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