doesn't the javelin missile require line of sight for target acquisition

it says the effective range is like 1.5 miles, but i dont know if that is the launcher or the missile

I think it does require line of sight

the launcher requires an IR target

Yeah

then the missile uses long wave IR

so they probably use more than one at a time anyways

Ah

super dangerous, just give it to your hezbollah allies or w/e

imagine carrying that in a combat situation

the worst part about fighting a near peer adversary today is that their tank have laser warning recivers and can determine where the missile is coming from really quick

so carrying multiple javelins sounds like a rather bad idea, the moment the 1st shot is fired
the AT crew is in danger

the javelin is asymmetric so they probably dont fire them at every possible target

They say in the video that since the javelin doesn’t use lasers it’s harder for active protection to pick up

they dont have to use lasers in order to be found out

the tank has onboard radar aswell

only the newest ones

Interesting

also russians have outfitted all their tank destroyer vehicles to carry multiple atgms

what does the atgm have to do with it

the russians pretty much inveted the APS system
they know the main weakness of it is if you fire multiple missiles or rockets to destroy the tank

what does the agtm have to do with the top attack situation

makes no sense

Because aps can be used against atgms

i dont understand

the conversation is about top attack

is he saying that they have a tank fired missile that is also top attack?

who is they

the russians

yes they do

what is it called

krasnopol and hermes

krasnopol is not an agtm

it is top attack

hermes is a big ass rocket

its an ADATS type missile
its capable of engaging both aircraft and tanks

do they have anything that is carried by infantry

like we were talking about

not yet
the chinese do

well maybe you can borrow their corona rocket

its very effective but it takes at least 3 weeks to kill