Isn’t their biggest vulnerability that damaging the cage can make the vehicle unusable (it may completely disable vision)?
Javelin right to the fucking dome! 💥
I can think of several approaches that may be promising solutions.
But even if we just see two drones used each time, the main thing is an explosive warhead that clears a large section of armour, so its easier for drone 2 to strike through the hole, potentially both using machine vision object tracking if needed to avoid EW countermeasures (edit, but the cheapest solution is to use the ‘hole punch’ drone with a laser designating surveilance drone sitting outside local EW jamming, although it too can use machine vision to track and lock on to a target, but its reusable), the problem shrinks the larger you make the hole with the first charge.
A high-explosive charge with an axial ring of fragments that spray out radially (sideways) to the moving drone, should focus energy into the armour and push it sideways, more efficiently creating a hole.
This approach should also work with cages. An all-purpose solution includes a penetrative tip on the explosive that will go forwards to activate ERA, so if that is present it increases kill probability for the second warhead.
A winged drone may carry more payload to the target, provided we have high lift wings and low stall speed so can approach at controllable speeds. There’s a good number of design possibilities here for a drone that can fly fairly short distances, maybe with several times the payload. The albatros, for example, has a 3 meter wingspan and can glide with 7kg of mass, with the highest glide ratio of anything. So it would if you stuck a pusher propeller on the back lift 7kg. But, we want shorter wings, its possible using various techniques, including more wings with different profiles stacked to increase downwards deflection, blown surfaces, distributed electric propulsion, to quite drastically increase lift. Because even if we increase drag compared to an ideal wing, these are more efficient in the forwards direction and in producing lift (kg/kW) than multicopters, they should carry more over a reasonable range. The hole-punch drone can be winged, the one following needs to be smaller and narrower to get a good probability of flying through, so that would likely be a multicopter.
Edit, so the axially placed explosive fragments can be selected to increase effect, for example the steel used in cages and in plate armour is very soft, hardened steel is another creature altogether. Shaping of these fragments is important so that they guide along the metal obstacle, this may be possible using an angled fragment that is shaped like a shallow v, with more mass at the tips. Explosive force is also able to blast flat sections outwards by shockwaves.
do they have a 15° angle with that turret or what? doesnt seem super effective but then again, who needs angles when all you do is go forward and get blown to pieces
The article explains that now that Ukraine got artillery rounds from the U.S, they’re destroying the tanks easily. This is mainly because they were adaptated to the drones that Ukraine was using as coverage for the lack of resources.
I recommend to read the article, which says a pair of extra things that I didn’t, and to write to your politicians so Ukraine doesn’t lack of anything in this cruel war.
I believe the proper term is “Heavy Assault Shed”
Well it’s use is in being able to withstand Ukrainian drones while assaulting the front lines, which these tanks were somewhat well at. Now that the USA-Military aid finally pours in and Ukraine can keep shelling with artillery and not having to ration it, these assault sheds are useless since one artillery shell send it flying. Add Poor visibility, maneuverability and them being way too heavy and you get combo no one would wish for.
At the end of the day it’s still some old T55 with consriptovich not having a clue what he does
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Isn’t their biggest vulnerability that damaging the cage can make the vehicle unusable (it may completely disable vision)?
Javelin right to the fucking dome! 💥
I can think of several approaches that may be promising solutions.
But even if we just see two drones used each time, the main thing is an explosive warhead that clears a large section of armour, so its easier for drone 2 to strike through the hole, potentially both using machine vision object tracking if needed to avoid EW countermeasures (edit, but the cheapest solution is to use the ‘hole punch’ drone with a laser designating surveilance drone sitting outside local EW jamming, although it too can use machine vision to track and lock on to a target, but its reusable), the problem shrinks the larger you make the hole with the first charge.
A high-explosive charge with an axial ring of fragments that spray out radially (sideways) to the moving drone, should focus energy into the armour and push it sideways, more efficiently creating a hole.
This approach should also work with cages. An all-purpose solution includes a penetrative tip on the explosive that will go forwards to activate ERA, so if that is present it increases kill probability for the second warhead.
A winged drone may carry more payload to the target, provided we have high lift wings and low stall speed so can approach at controllable speeds. There’s a good number of design possibilities here for a drone that can fly fairly short distances, maybe with several times the payload. The albatros, for example, has a 3 meter wingspan and can glide with 7kg of mass, with the highest glide ratio of anything. So it would if you stuck a pusher propeller on the back lift 7kg. But, we want shorter wings, its possible using various techniques, including more wings with different profiles stacked to increase downwards deflection, blown surfaces, distributed electric propulsion, to quite drastically increase lift. Because even if we increase drag compared to an ideal wing, these are more efficient in the forwards direction and in producing lift (kg/kW) than multicopters, they should carry more over a reasonable range. The hole-punch drone can be winged, the one following needs to be smaller and narrower to get a good probability of flying through, so that would likely be a multicopter.
Edit, so the axially placed explosive fragments can be selected to increase effect, for example the steel used in cages and in plate armour is very soft, hardened steel is another creature altogether. Shaping of these fragments is important so that they guide along the metal obstacle, this may be possible using an angled fragment that is shaped like a shallow v, with more mass at the tips. Explosive force is also able to blast flat sections outwards by shockwaves.
do they have a 15° angle with that turret or what? doesnt seem super effective but then again, who needs angles when all you do is go forward and get blown to pieces
The article explains that now that Ukraine got artillery rounds from the U.S, they’re destroying the tanks easily. This is mainly because they were adaptated to the drones that Ukraine was using as coverage for the lack of resources.
I recommend to read the article, which says a pair of extra things that I didn’t, and to write to your politicians so Ukraine doesn’t lack of anything in this cruel war.
I believe the proper term is “Heavy Assault Shed”
Well it’s use is in being able to withstand Ukrainian drones while assaulting the front lines, which these tanks were somewhat well at. Now that the USA-Military aid finally pours in and Ukraine can keep shelling with artillery and not having to ration it, these assault sheds are useless since one artillery shell send it flying. Add Poor visibility, maneuverability and them being way too heavy and you get combo no one would wish for.
At the end of the day it’s still some old T55 with consriptovich not having a clue what he does
Edit: Spelling