This is pretty hard to believe. Drone view starts doing a backflip higher and almost directly above the first tank, 2nd clip shows a projectile come in at a much lower angle and way out of frame from the left. And since when did drones start launching rockets? Let alone do backflips then launch them?
nothinggold237 on
Are they trickshoting now?
dustandechos12 on
*All State commercial*
I’m that guy who didn’t load his RPK prior to you dying
SSrqu on
looks like the shaped jet misses but the HE still contacts the vehicle
MrTotenkopf on
Ignoring the fact it might be spliced footage, it brings up an often forgotten problem.
Shaped charges, unless specifically designed for damage, inflict light damage when hitting lightly armored targets, lest something vulnerable/flamable is hit by the jet/fragments within the target. A BTR or BMP has too thin armor to significantly disturb the jet, and the thin plates will generate less spall.Â
While modern shaped charge jets can remain very coherent even after meters of flight, old PG-7 variants will start to dissipate after a few meters in the air, rurning into a cluster of high velocity fragments.Â
This effect can be useful in some situations, such as the one seen here.Â
Instead of having the equivalent of a deedle zipping through wet tissue paper, doing little harm, the vehicle now is being hit by a spray of jet fragments, potentially inflicting greater damage.Â
This spray of fragments would be like light summer rain for an MBT’s thick armor, but for a BMP like tincan it will be hail from hell.
Some of the newest HEAT warheads are getting the option to intentionally turn the liner into a spray of fragments instead of a coherent Jet.Â
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This is pretty hard to believe. Drone view starts doing a backflip higher and almost directly above the first tank, 2nd clip shows a projectile come in at a much lower angle and way out of frame from the left. And since when did drones start launching rockets? Let alone do backflips then launch them?
Are they trickshoting now?
*All State commercial*
I’m that guy who didn’t load his RPK prior to you dying
looks like the shaped jet misses but the HE still contacts the vehicle
Ignoring the fact it might be spliced footage, it brings up an often forgotten problem.
Shaped charges, unless specifically designed for damage, inflict light damage when hitting lightly armored targets, lest something vulnerable/flamable is hit by the jet/fragments within the target. A BTR or BMP has too thin armor to significantly disturb the jet, and the thin plates will generate less spall.Â
While modern shaped charge jets can remain very coherent even after meters of flight, old PG-7 variants will start to dissipate after a few meters in the air, rurning into a cluster of high velocity fragments.Â
This effect can be useful in some situations, such as the one seen here.Â
Instead of having the equivalent of a deedle zipping through wet tissue paper, doing little harm, the vehicle now is being hit by a spray of jet fragments, potentially inflicting greater damage.Â
This spray of fragments would be like light summer rain for an MBT’s thick armor, but for a BMP like tincan it will be hail from hell.
Some of the newest HEAT warheads are getting the option to intentionally turn the liner into a spray of fragments instead of a coherent Jet.Â