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The fact that the hellfire missile was designed to destroy tanks doesn’t make it an effective weapon against soft targets. In fact the anti-tank (HEAT) warhead
by dogma1138 7y ago
The fact that the hellfire missile was designed to destroy tanks doesn’t make it an effective weapon against soft targets.
In fact the anti-tank (HEAT) warhead would not do that much damage to a car and unless you would be directly under it you’ll be able to walk off from it as the tandem charge doesn’t do much damage when it doesn’t hit hardened armor.
The warhead in question in the video is likely a MAC (thermobaric charge) or a fragmentation warhead which were designed to hit soft targets and kill personnel.
The hellfire also has DIME warheads which use metal powder instead of larger shrapnel to reduce collateral damage as well as kinetic warheads as shown in the article.