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To: Poohbah
Unlikely. The Milan has a 400-meter minimum range, and this event took place in a built-up area where a 400 meter shot is just about impossible.

Then you must mean maximum range....

33 posted on 11/18/2003 3:38:28 PM PST by webheart (Citizen's Grammar Patrol)
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To: webheart
Then you must mean maximum range....

No, minimum range. ATGMs, particularly SACLOS (semiautomatic command line-of-sight) ones, require a MINIMUM distance from firing until the missile is "captured" by the gunner's sight and actually starts guiding on the target. Too close, and any hit is just plain dumb luck.

39 posted on 11/18/2003 4:00:38 PM PST by Poohbah ("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Major Vic Deakins, USAF)
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