Tank Main Gun vs Helo's - Page 2

BigJim · #1 September 28th, 2005, 01:59 AM

Thanks guys being an old fart like WB I never heard of such things happening but I guess in modern warfare things have gotten MUCH more complicated.

Marek_Tucan · #2 September 28th, 2005, 05:20 AM

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BigJim said:
Thanks guys being an old fart like WB I never heard of such things happening but I guess in modern warfare things have gotten MUCH more complicated.

During the Yom Kippur war, a Syrian helo was taken out by a direct hit of L7 HESH round from Centurion...

AFAIK during WWII even a Shturmovik was downed with a Tiger's 88.

While these cases being rather exceptions and shows of good luck, but modern fire control makes the task much easier IMO.

Double_Deuce · #3 September 28th, 2005, 11:27 AM

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BigJim said:
Thanks guys being an old fart like WB I never heard of such things happening but I guess in modern warfare things have gotten MUCH more complicated.

The reasoning we used was that helo's had to pop up and stay hovering when firing wire guided ATGM's usually at one of your tanker buddies. This gave opportunity to pop them with a main gun round since it travelled much faster than an AT-3 Sagger. Even if you missed chances are he wouldn't hang out there in the same spot to guiding the missle knowing someone was taking aim at him. The new fire and forget type missiles out their nowadays probably make this less likely to happen since you would also show his helo buddies where you were at.