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Tear down of a javelin missle guide computer
nctnico:
--- Quote from: tszaboo on December 04, 2023, 04:15:04 pm ---
--- Quote from: jfiresto on December 04, 2023, 04:00:12 pm ---I understand another issue is that people are (were?) not getting enough time to learn the system which further lowers its success rate.
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Early report, it has 93% hit rate, catapulting the T72 tower into low earth orbit.
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The latter is not due to the explosive charge in the missile but a stupid design of the tank. The munition isn’t stored in the turret of the T72 but in the body. Hit the body and all the munition goes off at once which blows the turret away. That is why you see people jumping from a T72 when they suspect there is somebody around with an anti-tank weapon. There is no chance of survival inside the T72.
nctnico:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on December 04, 2023, 11:15:16 pm ---Nice design anyway. That's one thing with military equipment - you can design reliable stuff and not have to bother with aiming for the lowest cheapest crap you can get away with.
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Somehow that seems to be no longer true. If you can make large volumes of simple weapons using Arduinos or RPis, you can be very effective. War is all about logistics and careful/effective use of resources.
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