nsKb Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) Has anyone confirmed that Arena is actually useful against TOW-2B? I'm pretty skeptical. Edited June 15, 2015 by nsKb 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antaress73 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 It works most of the time 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 why skeptical? it flies horizontally it jist flies a lil above the tank and detonates downward 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Height for a TOW 2B 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agusto Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Nice screenshots sburke. How long did it take you to capture them? The timespan between the detonation of the TOW missile and the impact of the HEAT warheads metal spike must be in the microsecond range . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) touche sburke that definitely falls under abobe the tank but i wonder wouldnt aps still intercept when the missile was at a 45 degree angle from the tank? or less? that second pic is that the blast effect from the tow 2b or an arrow you drew superbly well? Edited June 15, 2015 by Sublime 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) I actually caught that in a game while testing. Total fluke and luck. The downstroke is straight from CM, that is not photoshopped, otherwise the tank commander might have ended up being Kim Kardashian. I don't know the technical specs for any of this stuff. I am strictly a player. I'd be curious as to how high a weapon can be intercepted, the speed and the angle. I have had close proximity Javs get stopped, but that was when they were in an almost direct fire mode it seemed. (by the way in case anyone it interested, that is from poking the bear. I don't remember if it was Brad or Stryker launched. Edited June 15, 2015 by sburke 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool breeze Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 (edited) Beat ya to it, I already made a thread about Arena intercepting T-heat rounds and we came to the same conclusion Edited June 16, 2015 by cool breeze 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Beat ya to it, I already made a thread about Arena intercepting T-heat rounds and we came to the same conclusion Link or it never happened. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerdwing Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 I dont think it should've been intercepted, but in turn that looks way too high for the TOW-2B to fire its EFP. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagler Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Yeah I don't think arena can actually deal with the TOW-2B. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerdwing Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 (edited) Yeah I don't think arena can actually deal with the TOW-2B. Reading into this now and discussing it with ikalugin off-site, it seems that the radar is totally able to detect it but due to how Arena works, its a matter of the defensive projectile getting into the correct position to engage the incoming missile while still maintaining the TOW in the radar's field of view. The higher the TOW, the further out the launch would have to be attempted, and thats assuming the Arena is going to waste a shot versus what would 99% of the time NOT be a TOW-2B anyways, and instead be a ATGM that is going to outright miss its target! Honestly, you may be right. This is a pretty unique situation given the function of each system in question. (Trade you Abrams roof durability for Arena TOW-2B vulnerability? ) Edited June 16, 2015 by Nerdwing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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