[archy]

LOSAT, I want one.

Got some pretty big and tough woodchucks around here.

A humane kill on woodchucks really requires the HE warhead of Brimstone, the ground-launched version of Hellfire.

I'm watching the race to see who'll have the first successful fire-and-forget tank killer with a 10 KM range. Once that happens, things for tankers changes considerably, and life spans for those in light personnel carriers and wheeled armored vehicles are going to be reduced considerably. At that point, personnel carriers are going to begin to more resemble today's tanks, maybe less the turrets.

We need some dumb, unguided missiles for the same launchers, too. Cheaper.

-archy-/-

[Darksheare]

Hadn't thought about the Brimstone.
As for the 10k range, haven't they been experimenting with an uprated rocket engine for the Hellfire?
It's 8k range kinda makes things touchy for the AH-64D at times, especially when up against the Tunguska SAM/AAA platform.

*head scratch*
Can't rightly remember if the Hellfire engine upgrade is what I read or not..
Hmm..
Anyway, Yes.
Dumbfire missiles for the same launcher would be nice, a kind of a shoot from the hip deal for it.
Found the need for hipshots once in Artillery, and that specialty now practices hipshots regularly.
Such an ability would be nice with other things.

[ninenot]

Wait a minute!!

What the hell size are the woodchucks which need THIS???

The 38 'chucks I have killed over the last 6 years all went down with .22LR, delivered neatly to the head or through the lungs.

Of course, if you can't AIM, then larger weapons are humane.