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)
To: Poohbah
Too close, and any hit is just plain dumb luck. Too close and you just point the weapon at the target.
42 posted on
11/18/2003 4:04:16 PM PST by
cinFLA
To: Poohbah
I am completely ignorant of these weapons, only logical. We seem to have a short range delivery ststem like an RPG with a home rigged Milan warhead. If impossible, I will shut up forever on the subject.
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