I give the fact that Russia failed to develop Germes fire and forget system,
Kornet-D is not fire and forget.
This will may be my last post in this section;as I have already given you ample proof that Russians are
able to create fire-forget projectiles but
economically that ain't feasible. Rather they have created an awesome ATGM Kornet family whose operation is NLOS (...& I think you again are feeling NLOS & fire-forget the same thing...thy aren't).
If you ponder over this statement:
The targeting process is performed automatically and target can be designated by a third party, operation mode is the same as fire & forget (but without active seeker on missile). This feature is common on modern vehicle mounted ATGMs, Kornet D, Karakal.
you will acknowledge that this approach is unique & very economically feasible. The operation mode he is referring to is a unique NLOS property of Kornet...where you fire it from one vehicle..& then that vehicle moves to another place; while another vehicle guides the previously fired Kornet to its target. This is rectified by this official statement:
The laser emission coding allows adjacent systems to deliver crisscross fire at different targets or at one target simultaneously.
Now how to achieve a true
unmanned firing of Kornet Salvo or an individual shoot out. Another unique ATGM launcher, remote controlled fire mechanism & person don't have to be
within battlefield...or in other words the
same objective achieved as with a true fire-forget scheme.
Plus such a system can be hide away in foliage with
zero heat radiation to be detected; because of human absence!! Its more than fire-forget isn't it?
DefenceDog: Kornet-EM New Capabilities of Antitank Guided Missile Systems
Kobra and Refleks are not guided rounds. These are missiles launched from the bore. Just regular 2nd gen missiles.
Well Russian aren't smart according to you; sadly one have to see the timeline Russians developed these guided projectiles suffering high g's
before West
The 9K112 Kobra SACLOS is a radio-command guided anti-tank missile system of the Soviet Union & The 9M119 Svir and 9M119M Refleks are laser beam riding, guided anti-tank missiles developed in the former Soviet Union.
Refleks-M ATGM System
For the former, see
west lags behind in guided projectiles:
Development continued during the 1960s but it was not until the 1970s that serious attention was paid to the concept again. This was probably because of three factors:
* The United States development of a 152 mm gun missile system for the M551 Sheridan and M60A2 tank.
* The development NATO anti-tank missiles such as TOW and Euromissile HOT systems, which had better accuracy at long range than contemporary tank guns.
Its a shame when one compares this
US TOW-2A/B
Israeli MAPATS
with Kornet.
Now this is the performance graph, nothing like western contemporary ATGMs, this be enough proof for technically driven person here:
take care