Military FAQ thread

[sumdud]

Does anyone know the accuracy (in MOA terms), effective range (w/ and w/o the 7N1/7N14 round) of the Yugoslav produced SVD, AKA the M91 (Not to be confused with the Mosin Nogant.)

And those anyone know the range, bore offsight allowed, and G limit of the IRIS-T and the ASRAAM? (The newest European SR-AAMs.)

 

[EddieBaker]

Variable magnification telescopic sights?

I noticed that in the updated descriptions for the QBZ-95 and QBU-88, the variable 3x or 9x telescopic sight optional accessory has been de-listed. The issue sight for the JS 7.62mm rifle (has this been type-classified, yet?) from the photos I've seen looks nearly identical to the issue sight for the QBU-88 (do my eyes deceive me?), but is listed as being variable 3x or 9x.

Which is the correct sight?

 

[aquastorm]

Is there more information about the Low Orbit Artillery thing

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I got this through a new closed down website and this seems to be the only information I could fine for this thing. Surely there is more information out there, my Chinese is not very good, so I couldn't do a Chinese search.

Any help/information would be appreciated,
Aqua

 

[adeptitus]

Can anyone ID this decoy launcher?

The pictures were taken from Jiangwei-II class ship #567 "Xiangfan".

The decoy launcher are set in 10 rows of 3 tube per row. Pic #2's rotating launcher has 240 tubes, while pic #1's launcher has 120 I think.

I'm assuming this is some kind of chaff/flare rocket launcher?

 

[flyzies]

OK i got a question. This may seem dumb to you experts out there...and if has already been answered please direct me to the answer.

Why are antiship cruise missiles so different to LACMs? And hence, why cant LACM be used against ships?

 

[Finn McCool]

OK i got a question. This may seem dumb to you experts out there...and if has already been answered please direct me to the answer.

Why are antiship cruise missiles so different to LACMs? And hence, why cant LACM be used against ships?

Well, I don't really know that answer, it probably has something to do with the fact that a lot of LACMs use GPS coordinates like the JADM (I think ). But I think I can point you in the right direction by saying that the Tomahawk has both a LACM and ASM variant, so they can't be that different.

I'm absolutely terrible on technical questions.

 

[Totoro]

Tomahawk HAD an ASM variant with the USN, but for a long time now that's not the case. Some say new tactical tomahawk is said to be able to be used on ships, but i haven't seen that confirmed by the USN.

Main difference between antiship missiles and cruise missiles is that antiship missiles are designed to search for their targets on their own. Cruise missiles, on the other hand, are fed with data where to go, and then they strike there. Some, like tac tomahawk and future versions of storm shadow etc can be redirected in flight, but that really depends on intelligence gathering, real time data processing and real time decision making abilities of the party that is conducting the attack.

Your typical lacm can't be used against a moving ship because it has no seeker that locks onto target and tracks it. it has electronics that help it determine where it is, and where it has to strike, but in most cases that is predetermined before launch. Even with tac tomahawk, i dont know if one could change the destination in real time, on a second by second basis. For a moving ship, only a several seconds delay could be the difference between a hit and a miss.

 

[flyzies]

Tomahawk HAD an ASM variant with the USN, but for a long time now that's not the case. Some say new tactical tomahawk is said to be able to be used on ships, but i haven't seen that confirmed by the USN.

Main difference between antiship missiles and cruise missiles is that antiship missiles are designed to search for their targets on their own. Cruise missiles, on the other hand, are fed with data where to go, and then they strike there. Some, like tac tomahawk and future versions of storm shadow etc can be redirected in flight, but that really depends on intelligence gathering, real time data processing and real time decision making abilities of the party that is conducting the attack.

Your typical lacm can't be used against a moving ship because it has no seeker that locks onto target and tracks it. it has electronics that help it determine where it is, and where it has to strike, but in most cases that is predetermined before launch. Even with tac tomahawk, i dont know if one could change the destination in real time, on a second by second basis. For a moving ship, only a several seconds delay could be the difference between a hit and a miss.

Ahh ok...thanks for answering totoro and finn

 

[adeptitus]

OK i got a question. This may seem dumb to you experts out there...and if has already been answered please direct me to the answer.

Why are antiship cruise missiles so different to LACMs? And hence, why cant LACM be used against ships?

Many missiles today are actually multi-mission capable, for example the Harpoon anti-ship missile can be upgraded for land attack mode. The standard missile can also be modified to LASM (land attack standard missile) retrofit, though I'm not certain if any are deployed.

However the missiles are still best used for its original designed purpose. There's no reason why a cruise missile cannot be used to strike stationary ships at dock, but the warhead on the cruise missile may not be optimized for the mission.

In another thread someone asked about using MLRS in anti-shipping role. Again, you could roll a MLRS within range of shipyards/docks and slam the ships with rockets. But if the warhead was filled with small metallic balls/fragments and incendiary fuses in anti-personnel configuration, it's not really designed to sink a ship.

 

[Totoro]

Some old data that i just now stumbled upon. silly me.

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Basically, it proves real time updates to a purely GPS guided weapons can be done and have been done in that exercise, used precisely on targets relevant for our discussion - moving ships. If it was done with JDAMS, i see little reason similar thing couldn't be done with tac tomahwaks. Granted, those JDAMS were a bit modified for it, but it clearly shows its doable. So, IF there's same kind of modification on tac tomahawks and IF theres a good platform feeding the missile with data (was done with JSTARS in the exercise, im thinking it gives better precision than an awacs) - yeah, tac toms could be considered as truly antiship capable.