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| Syria-Lebanon-Iran |
| Iran says it has equipped tanks with anti-TOW jamming system |
| 2016-05-14 |
| Interesting, or amazing whichever! I just have to wonder how you 'jam' a wire guided system. With scissors. Really long scissors... |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Immediate return fire down the LOS? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-05-14 17:27 |
| #4 They jam the TOW up with their tank. :p |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2016-05-14 16:03 |
| #3 With scissors. Really long scissors... Yeah, back in Granpa's day maybe. Nowadays, all the cool armies use little swarms of scissors-drones. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2016-05-14 11:25 |
| #2 Thanks Nguard, and I thought I was too bloody old to learn. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-05-14 07:44 |
| #1 Actually, there was a system made by the soviets that could "jam" the guidance system on early versions of the TOW missile. (DROZD if I recall correctly) TOW SACLOS works by tracking a strobe light source on the back of the missile, and sending steering commands down the wires. If the target has a strobe on it blinking at the same rate, it may confuse the SACLOS computer and cause the missile to miss. I know it was fixed somehow, but I do not recall exactly how. |
| Posted by: Nguard 2016-05-14 00:52 |