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The Russian T-90 tank uses infrared emitters as countermeasures, looks like a pair of angry eyes: https://www.army-technology.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/201
by HideousKojima 5y ago
The Russian T-90 tank uses infrared emitters as countermeasures, looks like a pair of angry eyes: https://www.army-technology.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/03/Image-2-T-90S-Main-Battle-Tank.jpg https://www.army-technology.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2...
- GekkePrutser 5y agoWouldn't this be a great target for an IR guided missile?
- danuker 5y agoExactly. Missiles would hit the emitters, where the armor is the thickest, giving the crew and tank the best chance of survival.
- dontcare007 5y agoBut if you knew the tank model a computed offset would negate that...
- edrxty 5y agoIt's an old system that iirc they're phasing out. It was probably designed against for older analog systems similar to the the pulsed IR jammer turrets on US helicopters. Focal plane trackers are generally able to defeat these types of decoys through software updates
- dotancohen 5y agoThe commander's tank doesn't have them.
- HideousKojima 5y agoThey supposedly only enable them when they know the tank is being actively targeted by a missile that the countermeasures are effective against. Supposedly.