Power of a Javelin missle vs a Russian T72 Tank

[rifletex91]

 

[robin303]

Damn, that thing kicks ass. I thought the Hellfire was something.
FGM-148 Javelin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[ghostscout]

ive shot AT-4s at tanks and that was pretty badass, but the javelin takes the cake

 

[Dcav]

The Javelin is a high tech piece of weaponry, 99.9% of the time a one shot tank stopper. Pretty high speed night vision system too.

 

[TrailDust]

Top attack is a kick-ass method of defeating armor. Got to love it!

 

[doubled]

dumb a$$ question for you military guys...

had the engine not kicked on after the initial charge to get it out of the tube, or had it been pointing downward and just engaged and drove into the ground, is there an automatic disarming of the warhead so it doesn't detonate where it wasn't supposed to?

 

[Rum Runner]

That's pretty bad ass.

I am pretty ignorant about his type of stuff, but I found the launch method interesting. Like a charge shoots it out, then the engine(s) engage. Is that common? Why not just have engine(s) to start with?

 

[Texas42]

I think its interesting how after so many years of war, the infantry man can field weapons capable of so much damage. You'd think by now, the guy on the ground would have been replaced by a bizillion dollar gizmo. Maybe next century.

 

[Texas1911]

That's pretty bad ass.

I am pretty ignorant about his type of stuff, but I found the launch method interesting. Like a charge shoots it out, then the engine(s) engage. Is that common? Why not just have engine(s) to start with?

Because it's attached to a human. Igniting the rocket motor would cause the guidance system to kick back into your face and probably knock you clean out or worse, plus the jet wash off the motor would endanger anyone near it. Better for it to kick out with a small charge and then ignite the engine. Also, look at how small the launch signature is ... you could fire that system covertly compared to if it just lit off.

That thing just completely fucked that tank. Damn!

 

[Dcav]

That's pretty bad ass.

I am pretty ignorant about his type of stuff, but I found the launch method interesting. Like a charge shoots it out, then the engine(s) engage. Is that common? Why not just have engine(s) to start with?

What Texas1911 said , the initial charge is used to clear the tube, the secondary sends the missile on its way, the TOW systems operates on the same method, cant be cooking the person launching the weapon. That wouldnt be very effective.

 

[Mikewood]

Very common to have a kicker charge to protect the operator. Once the rocket lights the weapon then arms at a safe Time of flight "distance". No Moyer light the rocket drops harmlessly to earth. Well if it hits you it kills you but no boom. The weapon is doing what it's designed to do. And its hitting a T-72. It can kill a T80 main battle tank and maybe an M1. From a civilian standpoint it's devastating but just about anything over a 250lb DIME bomb will reliably kill a tank and I sure as hell don't want to be in a tank when a dime lands on it.

 

[RetArmySgt]

Damn, that thing kicks ass. I thought the Hellfire was something.

The Javelin fires a modified Hellfire.

 

[RetArmySgt]

dumb a$$ question for you military guys...

had the engine not kicked on after the initial charge to get it out of the tube, or had it been pointing downward and just engaged and drove into the ground, is there an automatic disarming of the warhead so it doesn't detonate where it wasn't supposed to?

Just like on any of the other explosive launch systems like the M203 or the AT-4 or many others there is a minimum distance it must fly to arm the explosive charge or it will not detonate.

 

[LilIrishTemper]

ive shot AT-4s at tanks and that was pretty badass, but the javelin takes the cake

You know whats cool about the AT4 now? No backbast now, so you can shoot it now from the inside of a room, bunker, etc without having to worry about frying everybody to a crisp.

 

[M. Sage]

You know whats cool about the AT4 now? No backbast now, so you can shoot it now from the inside of a room, bunker, etc without having to worry about frying everybody to a crisp.

Yep, the new "soft launch" feature.

 

[M. Sage]

Ahh, T72. The pop top tank!

The Soviets tried to keep the turret as low-profile as possible. It's a great idea on paper, the problem is, where do you store your ammo? Inside the hull. When a T72 gets hit, ammo cook-offs are common.

On another note, I've talked to Cav guys who say the newer 30mm cannon on the M2 is capable of defeating a T72. Not something I'd like to test personally, but IMO the T72 turned out to be kind of a joke.

 

[Dcav]

Ahh, T72. The pop top tank!

The Soviets tried to keep the turret as low-profile as possible. It's a great idea on paper, the problem is, where do you store your ammo? Inside the hull. When a T72 gets hit, ammo cook-offs are common.

On another note, I've talked to Cav guys who say the newer 30mm cannon on the M2 is capable of defeating a T72. Not something I'd like to test personally, but IMO the T72 turned out to be kind of a joke.

The 25mm bushmaster chaingun is badass, aside from a modern tank, between the chaingun and the 2 TOW2B's it can hold its own.

 

[matefrio]

Looks like they can be fun at times.

 

[MR Redneck]

That's wasting a perfectly good Tank! I could have used that!

 

[TrailDust]

I think its interesting how after so many years of war, the infantry man can field weapons capable of so much damage. You'd think by now, the guy on the ground would have been replaced by a bizillion dollar gizmo. Maybe next century.

That's why the German Panzerfaust was so influential on the battlefield in WWII, and then we scrambled to field something similar in the Bazooka.