Didn’t czech/slovak citizens used to put cut logs in the treads of soviet tanks during various ‘events?’
I was actually watching a program a couple of hours ago about the Russian capture of Berlin.
The Russian veteran they were interviewing said they first tried to take the city using armor but the Germans had a weapon called the Panzerfaust which would cut right through the tanks armor.
He said they had to withdraw the tanks and lead with infantry then the tanks behind them.
They defined the word pazerfaust as meaning “armor fist” but I am not sure they got it right.
Most war drones use guided missiles/bombs to attack their objective. To use a drone to “drop” a grenade on a tank would, in my opinion, be very inaccurate and not very effective.
Expensive, but it also demoralized troops when they see one pass take out a bunch of vehicles. In Iraq, a light marine battalion was going up against Iraqi armor, and called in air support. One or two bombs took out a third of the Iraqi vehicles, and the Iraqis surrendered.
A shape charge buried in the road that could be detonated remotely would be better.
Ukies aren’t all that intelligent to be completely un-P.C. and truthful with you. I knew a few in college.
Obama isn’t going to give the Ukrainians anything but a Russian conquest and renewed communism.
Well it might work but somebody would have to sneak up and physically attach the thermite to the tank as a grenade would not stick upon contact. It would just roll off.
What the Ukranians need is about 500 Javelins. They could really punish the Russians/separatists with those.
You people are behind the times.
In Iraq in 2003, 500-pound concrete dud training smart bombs were used to destroy tanks sitting between houses from the air without collateral damage, but with the inertial energy of the falling block alone. With their accuracy, the concrete blocks went right through the turret tops and turned tanks into instant scrap piles. Usually knocked the turret entirely off.
1. Drones can carry missiles and bombs. There are no latch points for grenades.
2. Grenades have no steerable fins or guidance control, so they will land wherever their speed, trajectory, time to fall, and the wind and gusts place it. If you hung it by a wire for the drone to drop it, that’s the best you can do.
3. Grenades ignite a set number of seconds after the pin is pulled. There is no proximity sensor or contact trigger to set it off.
4. Assuming the grenade hits the tank, it will bounce at least once, so no guarantee of contact.
5. If the final resting place is in a specific area and it has not been burning too long it might or might not damage the tank. Over the engine, it might burn through. On the turret, much less likely. Anywhere else and the tank armor might get thinned a bit, but it will not burn through.
In short, the most reliable method to get a thermite grenade onto a tank to try and burn through and disable it is up close and personal.
Not recommended.
I believe the thermite grenades may bounce once.
1) piloting a drone from a distance using the on board camera is much more difficult than it looks
2) dropping anything, but especially a thermite grenade requires the drone be almost on top of the tank
3) drones are LOUD and can be easily located esp on a quiet night.
4) many small drones do not have that great of a range 400 m and WELL inside the range of any soviet tank.
The Rooskies trained dogs to carry bombs under German tanks. That seems a little sketchy in a lot of ways, but they had some success. Germans were shooting dogs on sight.
Maybe Ukranians could train their Democrats to do the same thing?
You have been reading too many “Patriot” books.
Well partner, I sure hope we helped you with your questions.
It looks like we covered them, then flat ran out of steam.
Forget it - this isn’t your Daddy’s tank - modern Russian tanks are equipped with area protection systems which would make short work of your drone. See here for the specs:
ARENA-E Active Protection System for AFV
http://defense-update.com/20040221_arena-e.html#.VPrkKmZMGbg
“The system is designed to protect the tank from attacks of anti-tank guided missiles launched from the ground and by attack helicopter and lightweight anti-tank grenades (such as RPG).”
Tactical aspect aside (it is really too much a stupid idea to consider or discuss for real), I have naively thought there is a cease-fire agreement in place.