Re: [DS] Why tank destroyers?

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On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Tony Francis wrote:

> Derk Groeneveld wrote:
> > 
> 
> > On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Andrew Martin wrote:
> > 
> > > > <<  The hellfire doesn't have that problem as far as I know.
> > > >  Shoot..Scram...*blam*... >>
> > > >
> > > > 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 ?

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?

"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."

Cheers,

   Derk
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