To be fair, I think it would be pretty effective against anything that flies and isn’t built to be particularly durable. It’s basically a precision-guided flak cannon. Even large aircraft like jets would certainly take some damage, although whether or not it would be enough to down one is yet to be tested, as far as I know.
yeah, but the subprojectiles aren’t. I ain’t a weapons guy, so idk what the practical effect of getting hit with thousands of tiny tungsten balls moving at supersonic speeds would be, but I’m guessing it ain’t pretty for a jet either. I guess the question is, can it hit targets moving that fast?
the fact they’re using them against cruise missiles would suggest yes, but since they have so few of them I imagine they won’t be deployed close enough to the front to encounter manned Russian aircraft. so we might not get to find out.
To be fair, I think it would be pretty effective against anything that flies and isn’t built to be particularly durable. It’s basically a precision-guided flak cannon. Even large aircraft like jets would certainly take some damage, although whether or not it would be enough to down one is yet to be tested, as far as I know.
It’s 35mm, it shouldn’t take many hits to bring down pretty much anything.
yeah, but the subprojectiles aren’t. I ain’t a weapons guy, so idk what the practical effect of getting hit with thousands of tiny tungsten balls moving at supersonic speeds would be, but I’m guessing it ain’t pretty for a jet either. I guess the question is, can it hit targets moving that fast?
the fact they’re using them against cruise missiles would suggest yes, but since they have so few of them I imagine they won’t be deployed close enough to the front to encounter manned Russian aircraft. so we might not get to find out.
Oh ok, I hadn’t seen the detail of how the dhells worked.
Speed is important. Slow? Boom! Fast? Pshh…
wdym? i don’t think speed is an issue with those, just range and ammunition cost. (it uses programmable ammunition.)
Oh great, now I have to wait for the update to finish before I can shoot down that jet flying towards me!
🙂 it works a bit different with this type of equipment, but yeah they have to update sometimes.
btw the munition is programmed right at the last part of the barrel when it shoots out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AHEAD_ammunition