Bismillah ir Rahman ar Raheem
Was wondering what a 5kW laser could be used for. The following is from RheinMetall's website:
"The systems supplier showcased this weapon’s capability in mid-October 2013 at the 4th high-energy laser live demonstration at the company’s own test center in Ochsenboden in Switzerland. This event saw the first-ever deployment of mobile laser weapons in Europe: A 5 kW HEL was installed on the GTK Boxer wheeled tank, a 1 kW HEL on an M113 tracked vehicle, and a 20 kW HEL on an armored Tatra truck. In addition, a 30 kW laser was installed on a Skyshield gun turret.
With its 1 kW laser (Mobile HEL Effector), the M113 demonstrated its potential application in ordnance clearance. The crew inside the armored vehicle searched for mines and unconventional explosive charges and lasered them from a safe distance, rendering them harmless at the high speed required for the scenario in question. The crew of the GTK Boxer wheeled tank used a 5 kW laser (Mobile HEL Effector) to neutralize an extra-heavy machine gun positioned on the bed of a traveling pickup without endangering the marksman. Proof that the laser was not hazardous was delivered by sensors mounted on the dummy, which recorded the scattered laser radiation levels during the entire process. Together with the Skyguard radar used in the Air Defence HEL effector, the effector also demonstrated its effectiveness against a completely new kind of threat: small rotary wing drones (octocopters). While the Skyguard radar took charge of detecting and identifying a hovering octocopter, the HEL Boxer tracked and destroyed it.
With the 20 kW laser (Mobile HEL Effector) on the Tatra, Rheinmetall demonstrated how radio antenna, radars, ammunition, power supply systems and entire weapons systems can be neutralized or destroyed with minimum collateral damage. From a distance of 2,000 meters, optical devices such as telescopic sights on weapons and remote-control cameras were destroyed in seconds.
With its Air Defence HEL effector, Rheinmetall demonstrated the performance of HEL in air defense scenarios. In around four seconds, the 30 kW laser weapon technology demonstrator destroyed five 82 mm mortar shells from a distance of 1,000 meters. The highlight of the demonstration in Ochsenboden came with the successful shooting-down of several jet-powered UAVs."
Allah keep everyone safe
