Post by kyle on Mar 24, 2015 13:03:16 GMT -6
This was VERY interesting. I've been playing Battlefront's Combat Mission Black Sea.
What really caught my eye is this on pg 6-10. So in Star Wars the Empire strikes back they used an ion cannon on the star destroyers. Now we humans may have a way to mission kill a tank regardless of the armor. I have more of these equipment guides to dig through - there is a LOT of very interesting information, though I wonder about the accuracy. It's unclassified and I know the military doesn't want others to know exactly what we know. I would expect some probably intentional errors.
cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll11/id/2089
EMP and High Power Microwave.
• Use EMP (esp non-nuclear) and High Energy High Radio Frequency Weapons (HERT)
to target circuit boards. Circuit boards are the most vulnerable component of modern
electronics.
• EMP/HPM. Missile, artillery, and UAV delivered EMP. This is will destroy all
intravehicular electronics and battlefield digitization functionality in vehicular weapon.
The specific target is circuit board systems, the internal connections of which require
little EMP to disrupt and/or destroy. Electrical power is shared among propulsion,
survivability, lethality, and auxiliary systems, along with multipurpose sensors, and all
fusion and integration functions of each type of system.
• Tactical EMP. Enhanced warhead consisting of a hybrid EMP/HEAT warhead employed
on ATGM, 70-mm rockets, and MRL rockets. This hybrid warhead will knock out a tank
even if it does not penetrate armor, ignition, communications, or other electronics. Power
output will be measured in hundreds of megawatts for microseconds. The e-warhead
would also knock out other electronic systems. Applications may extend into infantry
shoulder-fired rockets that could cause an electronic “soft kill” of armored vehicles.
What really caught my eye is this on pg 6-10. So in Star Wars the Empire strikes back they used an ion cannon on the star destroyers. Now we humans may have a way to mission kill a tank regardless of the armor. I have more of these equipment guides to dig through - there is a LOT of very interesting information, though I wonder about the accuracy. It's unclassified and I know the military doesn't want others to know exactly what we know. I would expect some probably intentional errors.
cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll11/id/2089
EMP and High Power Microwave.
• Use EMP (esp non-nuclear) and High Energy High Radio Frequency Weapons (HERT)
to target circuit boards. Circuit boards are the most vulnerable component of modern
electronics.
• EMP/HPM. Missile, artillery, and UAV delivered EMP. This is will destroy all
intravehicular electronics and battlefield digitization functionality in vehicular weapon.
The specific target is circuit board systems, the internal connections of which require
little EMP to disrupt and/or destroy. Electrical power is shared among propulsion,
survivability, lethality, and auxiliary systems, along with multipurpose sensors, and all
fusion and integration functions of each type of system.
• Tactical EMP. Enhanced warhead consisting of a hybrid EMP/HEAT warhead employed
on ATGM, 70-mm rockets, and MRL rockets. This hybrid warhead will knock out a tank
even if it does not penetrate armor, ignition, communications, or other electronics. Power
output will be measured in hundreds of megawatts for microseconds. The e-warhead
would also knock out other electronic systems. Applications may extend into infantry
shoulder-fired rockets that could cause an electronic “soft kill” of armored vehicles.
