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The US just announced that it is buying off-the-shelf anti-drone systems for Ukraine that operate chain guns in single-shot mode. Drones are slow so they can us
by aoki 3y ago
The US just announced that it is buying off-the-shelf anti-drone systems for Ukraine that operate chain guns in single-shot mode. Drones are slow so they can use VT rounds instead of the CIWS spray-and-track method.
https://eos-aus.com/defence/counter-drone-systems/slinger/ https://eos-aus.com/defence/counter-drone-systems/slinger/
- ThrowawayR2 3y agoIt's interesting to dig deeper into the vague mention of "special ammunition". According to [1], the Slinger uses Northup Grumman's M230LF Bushmaster 30mm cannon and [2] suggests that the anti-drone ammunition is the recently developed XM1211 HEP (High Explosive Proximity) round which was designed for the M230LF. Finding about the creation of XM1211 rounds is stunning because it means that an effective radar proximity fuse is being stuffed into a tiny 30 mm diameter projectile with enough room left over for adequate explosive to generate a cloud of shrapnel. That's stuff that would have been considered sci-fi a few decades ago. [1] https://www.australiandefence.com.au/defence/land/more-on-eos-new-counter-uas-weapon-system https://www.australiandefence.com.au/defence/land/more-on-eo... [2] https://taskandpurpose.com/tech-tactics/army-xm1211-high-explosive-proximity-round-fielding/ https://taskandpurpose.com/tech-tactics/army-xm1211-high-exp...