Posted on 07/10/2011 9:13:04 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Mid-air blast tank shell winner of Defense Prize
By YAAKOV KATZ
07/06/2011 21:29
Kalanit can explode midair over hiding terrorists and can breach concrete walls; shell has been successful in hitting Gaza terror cells.
What makes the Kalanit unique is the crew’s ability to choose between two different modes for the way it wants the shell to detonate. It can be shot just above anti-tank cells – which usually cannot be effectively targeted by standard tank shells – then stops in midair and explodes into six different charges scattering thousands of deadly fragments.
The shell can also be used against fortified structures which the shell first penetrates and then explodes inside of. It has the potential to be used against helicopters by exploding in midair and hitting the aircraft with its wide-dispersion of shrapnel.
According to Lt.-Col. M., the shell has already been used in operations in the Gaza Strip and has successfully hit Palestinian terror cells.
“Until now, a tank would fire traditional shells at cells which would have to be extremely accurate, but now due to the dispersion, it can hit cells even if the shell does not detonate exactly over where they are,” he said.
Peretz explained that the need for the Kalanit came up because of the change in the type of warfare Israel faced on the modern battlefield, particularly asymmetric conflicts.
“We are no longer speaking about just tanks against tanks, but you need to be able to hit people inside buildings and people outside where they are approximately hiding,” he said. “The Kalanit can do both of these missions with the same shell.”
The other advantage of the new shell is a crew’s ability to load the shell inside the chamber, wait until it locates an appropriate target, select its mode of detonation and then fire.
Its high level of accuracy is also key in minimizing collateral damage.
Holy Crap! How cool is that? My congrats to Israel Military Industries. This appears to be just the thing you need when the vermin infestation gets out of hand.
Holy smokes. Or holey smoked bad guys.
Sounds like an excellent “party Popper” For the savage Funerals, when all the vermin are present!
Check this one out!
It almost make ya believe in those fabled Pali seeking bullets.
Bump
“It can be shot just above anti-tank cells – which usually cannot be effectively targeted by standard tank shells – then stops in midair and explodes into six different charges scattering thousands of deadly fragments.”
I’m having a little difficulty visualizing a tank shell “stopping in mid-air.”
[snip] can explode midair over hiding terrorists and can breach concrete walls; shell has been successful in hitting Gaza terror cells. [end]
I think they are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too concerned with saving landscape
Leni
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