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"Sci-Fi Awesome" - Hypersonic "Smart Bullet" Fired From Tank Downs Cruise Missile - 727Sky - 09-17-2020 https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/sci-fi-awesome-hypersonic-smart-bullet-fired-tank-downs-cruise-missile Quote:The U.S. Air Force used a hyper velocity projectile (HVP), capable of traveling Mach 7.3, or about 5,600 mph, fired from an Army M109 howitzer tank, to shoot down a fast-moving cruise missile over a missile range in New Mexico. Notice the cost of each item.. Hell of a way to run a war and if we ever get into a pier contested action you have to wonder just how much of the expensive crap they have stored that they can call up and use ? RE: "Sci-Fi Awesome" - Hypersonic "Smart Bullet" Fired From Tank Downs Cruise Missile - F2d5thCav - 09-17-2020 Quote:an Army M109 howitzer tank I would like for whoever wrote that article to explain when tanks became howitzers. Cheers RE: "Sci-Fi Awesome" - Hypersonic "Smart Bullet" Fired From Tank Downs Cruise Missile - ABNARTY - 09-17-2020 As a retired FA Soldier, calling an M109X a "tank" ruffled my grumpy feathers. However, really cool stuff. Now I am curious on the missile detection part of the equation. How does the gun know what to load and when? Does FDC feed it from the Q series radar? Is there a special package fitted to the howitzer? Regardless, shooting down missiles with a howitzer is very cool. RE: "Sci-Fi Awesome" - Hypersonic "Smart Bullet" Fired From Tank Downs Cruise Missile - hounddoghowlie - 09-18-2020 (09-17-2020, 04:07 PM)ABNARTY Wrote: As a retired FA Soldier, calling an M109X a "tank" ruffled my grumpy feathers. the correct acceptable nomenclature would be the M109X self propelled gun, M109X self propelled artillery piece, , M109X self propelled howitzer any of those would work. but for some if it has tracks, a turret, and a big gun it's a tank. |