NonWonderDog

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[–] NonWonderDog@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago (10 children)

As a weeb who speaks Japanese... what the hell is he even talking about?

I guess there was an episode of Ragna Crimson with some blatant bowdlerization in the subtitles, but that was more notable in just how absurdly offensive the original was, out of nowhere and for no appreciable reason at all (correct subtitles would have needed the f-slur, for a start). But that's the only thing I've even noticed?

[–] NonWonderDog@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean IOF are psychos, but that's an APFSDS shell. It's a big tungsten dart with no explosives in it. The only thing it can really destroy is an armored vehicle, since if you shot it at a car or a building it would just punch straight through and make a little hole.

So in context, this just seems like a really tasteless joke about "innocent tank crews". It's hard to find any extra outrage for this specifically.

[–] NonWonderDog@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Wait, that’s actually really impressive. How does that work?

Wire-guided ATGMs work because there’s a big beacon in the tail of the rocket for the launcher to home in on and give steering commands to. It doesn’t work if there are two of them (which is how the big silly glowing eyes thing on the T-90 defeats them, by the way).

Must be a digital guidance system with different beacon ID frequencies in the missiles?

Though when they showed both of them through the sight the second missile was all over the place, and all the combat footage was only one missile at a time. Dual shot was probably just for the cameras, but it did still appear to be guiding both of them, if poorly.

[–] NonWonderDog@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Looks like some sort of shaped charge, something similar to this, and it looks like he pointed the business end of it right towards the turret ring.

Decent chance that that thing took out the tank on its own, actually, if it was pointed the right direction and was the right distance (not too close, not too far) from something vital.

Historically the flat end of anti-tank grenades like that were magnetic so they could be stuck to the tank with the right stand-off from the armor, but maybe that doesn’t work as well today? Or more likely nobody expects to place a demo charge on a tank anymore.

[–] NonWonderDog@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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[–] NonWonderDog@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yep, DSU-33 is the prox fuze for the Mk 80 series, looks like the DSU-33 D/B variant is specifically intended for JDAM.

https://ndiastorage.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/ndia/2019/fuze/21855_Liberatore.pdf

Doppler Radar Proximity Sensor
• Detects one factory-preset Height of Burst (HOB) and provides fire pulse signal to FMU-139 series and FMU-152 fuzes
• Compatible with M117 & Mk80-series general-purpose warheads, including JDAM variants

Performance Parameters
• Height of Burst: 14-26 feet AGL
• Operational Life: 200 sec, min
• Storage Life: 13 years
• Service Life: 5 years outside storage container
• Multiple weapon release:
salvo: 6, ripple: 24

[–] NonWonderDog@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

https://news.northropgrumman.com/news/releases/northrop-grumman-delivers-200-000th-dsu-33-proximity-sensor

Air burst fuses for Mk 82 bombs (the ones usually fitted with JDAM and used by Israel) are also very common.

[–] NonWonderDog@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago

Not a single person without dual citizenship will be on it.

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