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New generation anti-tank rifle?
Is this supposed to be some offspring of ww2 era anti-tank rifles.
Operation: long recoil, semi-automatic Barrel: 1200 mm Weight: 18 kg Length: 1800 mm Feed Mechanism: 5 rounds detachable box mag. Muzzle velocity: 1450m/s Muzzle energy: 36,793 J LOL Goddamn! It makes a bloody mess out anything it hits.
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Well, Fury, I found some additional info about this ultimate son-of-a-bitch weapon...
http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sn46-e.htm Here's an extract from the text: "IWS 2000 is wery formidable weapon. It fires 20 gramm (308 grains) tungsten dart (fleschette) with muzzle velocity of 1450 meters per second (4750 fps). At 1000 meters this projectile will penetrate a 40 mm of RHA (rollded homogenous steel armour) and will result in serious secondary fragmentation effect behind the armour. That said, it will penetrate two walls of any modern APC at one kilometer range. The trajectory is very flat and does not rise higher than 800 mm above the line of sight when fired to 1000 meters. The cartridge is of somewhat original design, and has plastic case with steel head and base. The projectile is concealed within a plastic sabot." more infos there (seems they have developed a very interresting recoil control system .. i was wondering how an operator of that rifle would deal with that massive recoil; he would probably train his arm muscles and shoulders in advance at a workout gym )btw, in that picture above, the Steyr 15.2mm cartridge is compared to a 7.62mm NATO (.308 Wichester) cartridge. |
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Yeah I was going to post that Fury. The anti-tank rifle would definitely be cheaper to produce, because it is not as complex as a guided rocket system. Particularly a shoot and forget weapon that has a range of a mile. |
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Almost all missiles have launch signatures. This weapon might have a terrific advantage in that area.
Multiple rounds downrange, and nobody can pick out the point of origin...demoralizing. Effective. Re-usable from the same position, possibly in conjunction with marked-out lines-of-sight, range markers, and interlocking fields of fire. Hmmm...might actually make more sense to kill MBTs with the ATGMs and leave the light armor/special targets to this li'l killah.
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I think such rifles are the perfect light infantry anti-tank weapon.
I mean you generally only plan infantry to be really effective against APC/IFV and such a rifle is perfect for such a job. Jut imagine some nicely dug in infantry firing at advancing infantry supported by M-113s... In the time you get enough (expensive) missles fired to do serious harm you can surely loose a much higher number of rounds with an AT-rifle
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And on the offense...this guy goes up with the advance. Missiles are overwatch only, bounding forward only after you've gotten the grunts out to the missile's effective range. I can definitely see a role for this baby. |
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