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To: Ringman
While doing military service (sweden) my platoon had a chance to fire off a few STRIX rounds. While the accuracy is impressive for a mortar round, I wouldn't use it against for example a moving target. Still any armored vehicle hit by one of these will be little more that scrap metal. IIRC it took 6 STRIX (2 salvos * 3) mortars to hit 3 static targets at 3-4 kilometers. Two of them were hit with the first salvo.

Catching a unit of armored vehicles refueling or receiving an ammo resupply would be ideal....

107 posted on 01/17/2004 9:33:06 AM PST by archy (Angiloj! Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj!)
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To: archy
Exactly, I belive they are intended to be used with the AMOS system. One AMOS-vehicle could put 12 of those at the same coordinates simultaneously, and a battery would be even more lethal.
108 posted on 01/17/2004 9:37:41 AM PST by Ringman
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