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Of all shapes and sizes. I can imagine a robot M16 attached to a drone spotter might be effective against the sort of small drones that are hitting tanks in Uk
by andrewstuart 3y ago
Of all shapes and sizes. I can imagine a robot M16 attached to a drone spotter might be effective against the sort of small drones that are hitting tanks in Ukraine.
- cm2187 3y agoPlus people will get a lot less worked up about AI picking and aiming at targets in the air vs on the ground.
- ceejayoz 3y agoUntil one pulls a USS Vincennes.
- maxerickson 3y agoWhy not a 20 mm cannon? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS
- ttepasse 3y agoBecause the land version of Phalanx, the Centurion, is big, needs a large transport and a lot of energy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion_C-RAM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion_C-RAM Although an auto cannon seems to be the right thing. The current thing seems to be the mobile, smaller Skyranger systems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyranger_30 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyranger_30 That’s still rather big and is a dedicated vehicle. I wonder if there are initiatives of coupling the remote-controlled weapon turrents on normal vehicles with radar and such enabling anti-air capability: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_controlled_weapon_station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_controlled_weapon_stati...
- maxerickson 3y agoThat's a 30 mm cannon.
- ceejayoz 3y agoC-RAM is 20, but a bulkier, less mobile system. Raw barrel size isn’t the only consideration.
- maxerickson 3y agoMy initial comment was mostly a remark on approaching it as a new problem and suggesting small arms, not a statement that I thought the existing system was optimized for all situations.
- TiredOfLife 3y agoLook at the effective range of those things.
- maxerickson 3y agoCompared to an M16 or what?
- instagib 3y agoSemi automatic shotgun spread pattern is pretty good for short range.