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2016-05-17 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Rafael unveils 1,500-meter-range infantry missile

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-05-17 02:04|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 The old M-47 dragon could reach out that far, granted it took 17 seconds to get there...

I like the SR version has a "fire from enclosure" feature. Makes these very deadly in cities. I wonder how fast the missile gets to its target and how big the back blast area is. Fast missile with low launch signature would be awesome.

Posted by DarthVader 2016-05-17 13:54|| 2016-05-17 13:54|| Front Page Top

#2 The old M-47 dragon
Not only did it make noise alerting the target, the intermediate rocket bursts could leave a dust trail back to the sender/guidance unit.

Posted by Skidmark 2016-05-17 15:51|| 2016-05-17 15:51|| Front Page Top

#3 I was a Dragon gunner in the Army. The cloud of dust that thing kicked up was like a giant, glowing pointer to your position. Soviet tankers were trained to just fire a machine gun at the dust. Chances are you would make the guy flinch and he would miss.

We were trained not to engage farther than 300-400 meters away as the missile would arrive in 2-3 seconds. Any farther and it slowed down too much and exposed you to return fire. Hit the front tank, hit the back tank (hopefully boxing in the rest) and hit any anti-air track and call in the Apaches and A-10s to do the rest.

Fortunately the Javelin doesn't have such a kick and the dust it does kick up isn't such a huge "HEY!! HERE I AM!!! SHOOT ME!!" cloud. Plus you can fire and forget the sucker and run like hell.

Posted by DarthVader 2016-05-17 16:54|| 2016-05-17 16:54|| Front Page Top

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