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Because 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://
by ttepasse 3y ago
Because 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?