Re: [DS] Why tank destroyers?

>
> A theoretical arrangement of a launcher for Hellfire missiles. If you
> look at a photo of a M901 ITV
> (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m901.htm), that funny
> looking part on top is capable of firing 2 TOW missiles. The Hellfire
> idea is to mount a longer ranged missile on a small package. Tow goes
> for about 4 klicks, Hellfire will go out to about 8. Well beyond
> visual so you're going to be handing the missile off to someone else
> to get it to land at that range on   a real target.
>

    4 klicks with a dainty wire connecting missle to launcher...which is
rather sucky.  Shoot...Pause...*blam*...Scram...

    The hellfire doesn't have that problem as far as I know.
Shoot..Scram...*blam*...