HJ-10 anti tank missile

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Banned Idiot
What??? How in the world could a tank gun possibly shoot down an antitank missile? Richard, your penchance for unsubstantiated hyperbole surprises me time and again.

sagger ATGM like all the ATGM developed and enter service (like french SS10,harpon,UK vanguard) in the late 50's and early 60's are very slow. velocity of 200 meter plus /sec.
the report of merkava tank shoot down incoming sagger missile occur during 1997,first reported by JDW.merkava FCS incorporate automatic tracking.by luck,alert gunner could used FCS auto tracking to track and engage the missile.
 

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Banned Idiot
I think the Sagger ATGM has similar max range (~3km) as the M256 120 mm gun. So the Sagger firing team or vehicle must be exposed to within the M1A1's gun range to engage the target.

Newer ATGM's have 5km-10+km range and will out-shoot most MBT's main guns in open terrain. But at the rate that our population is growing, I suspect many future engagements will be in urban area where inexpensive systems like the RPG-29 will cause more headaches to the tank crew. In the short 2006 Lebanon conflict, the Hezbollah mission-killed over 50 Israeli tanks. That's a better record than the Iraqi army!

hezbollah try to avoid head on attack against israel armour,intead to try engage either from the rear or behind the tank.after few day, israel quickly installed bar armour behind merkava tank.
US army also install bar amour behind the M-1A!,LAV ,and bradley for counter insurgent operation
 

Wolverine

Banned Idiot
sagger ATGM like all the ATGM developed and enter service (like french SS10,harpon,UK vanguard) in the late 50's and early 60's are very slow. velocity of 200 meter plus /sec.
the report of merkava tank shoot down incoming sagger missile occur during 1997,first reported by JDW.merkava FCS incorporate automatic tracking.by luck,alert gunner could used FCS auto tracking to track and engage the missile.

Really? Prove it. Let's see an article. And please don't tell me to do a search function in this or that website. You made the claim, it's your responsibility to provide the evidence. This is standard online etiquette.
 

no_name

Colonel
That's correct. It should be obvious why the missiles are set so high.

Also it can shoot from behind a heavily armoured column, or even if there are friendlies blocking an otherwise lower launching platform. Or even from just behind earthwork.
 
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