Re: [SG2] weapons

Imre Szabo wrote:

>By the way, did you know that a 105mm RR (Recoiless Rifle) firing a
HEAT 
>warhead can penetrate the side of an M1 and M1A tank?

Depends very much on the exact spot hit - the side armour of an M1xx
tank 
varies a *LOT* from spot to spot. The "mystery RPG" that rendered an
M1A1 
combat ineffective in Iraq a couple weeks ago managed to hit a very weak

spot indeed - so weak in fact that even an old RPG-7V round probably (73
mm 
caliber, nominal penetration ~350mm RHA) would've gotten through in that

place :-/

John, didn't you hear about that incident before you left Iraq?

>Note that defense systems would not be capable of intercepting the
round.

Um, Imre? *Today's* in-service PDS systems are capable of intercepting
most 
RR rounds, with the possible exception of large RRs firing at very short

ranges.

If you know a sure-fire way of preventing PDSs from intercepting RR
rounds, 
I'd be *very* interested in hearing about it - the long-term future of
my 
job quite literally depends on it :-/

As for Laserlight's comment about PDSs preventing indirect artillery
fire: 
*P*DS only destroys incoming rounds within about 20 meters from the 
vehicle, so isn't very good at dealing with stand-off target-seeking 
artillery rounds like BONUS or SADARM which fire from 200 meters away or

more; and unless it has an extremely high rate of fire it is vulnerable
to 
being over-saturated by large numbers of submunitions.

However, *A*DS systems capable of destroying submunition carrier rounds 
before they deploy their cargo are currently under development :-/

Regards,

Oerjan
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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