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To: sukhoi-30mki
The 125mm smoothbore cannon fires missiles as well as shells.

I do have a question about that. It would seem to me that it would take a missile far longer to clear a long-barreled smoothbore cannon than it would a shell that was fired. You have the tank on the move, bouncing over battle-torn fields and forests; it would seem to me that a missile would be bounced around inside the barrel of the cannon long before it was able to exit. What would be the accuracy of a missile, still under boosted power, being shaken down the barrel like a pea in a straw. When it finally exited, goodness knows what direction it would be facing, still under boost-power.

And if you're back to the situation where you have to come to a stop to fire, you're dead meat on a battlefield anyway, especially if these are wire-guided missiles and you have to remain stationary for guidance. If they're fire-and-forget, they're roman-candles. If they're laser guided, bouncing around the designator as you tool cross-country is not going to make for very good accuracy either.

Something about this just brings to mind a device that sounds good, but won't work.

55 posted on 06/01/2017 9:25:08 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Ex Scientia Tridens)
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To: BlueLancer

Gun stabilizers have been around since WW2.

Go look at video of an M1 or Leopard 2 or Challenger in action, firing on the move. The stabilized gun sits rock steady bearing on the target while the rest of the tank bounces around.


56 posted on 06/01/2017 10:09:13 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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