Ryujin Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I was wondering if there's any chance that vehicles will be smart about not lasing enemy vehicles if they don't have to, since laser warning receivers are used by every side. i.e. an engagement at only a couple hundred meters. It seems silly to give away their ambush at a range where they could probably hit without the aid of the FCS and I was kind of surprised that the stryker MGS in ChrisND's recent stream lased the T-90 at relatively short range. Also, wondering if lasing for Russian/Ukrainian precision artillery rounds would warn the vehicle? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theforger Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Fair question. I hope not as it will really degrade the precision rounds v US, to a point where there only use will be to get them to back them up to where you need them to be. Interested to see if you get an official reply. That MGS episode was pretty ugly, spectacular but ugly. Showed off the effectiveness of US precision arty and the value of not letting a target know you are about to shoot. Defeating the US will require a fair bit of skill to hit them in the flank. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apocal Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I was wondering if there's any chance that vehicles will be smart about not lasing enemy vehicles if they don't have to, since laser warning receivers are used by every side. i.e. an engagement at only a couple hundred meters. It seems silly to give away their ambush at a range where they could probably hit without the aid of the FCS and I was kind of surprised that the stryker MGS in ChrisND's recent stream lased the T-90 at relatively short range. I'm surprised the already established technique of lasing the ground under/to the side of the vehicle rather than the vehicle itself isn't implemented in some fashion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryujin Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Defeating the US will require a fair bit of skill to hit them in the flank. My concern is that flanking or surprise won't just be about skill and tend to be unnecessarily difficult if your units insist on always announcing their presence by directly lasing the enemy before firing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerdwing Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 My concern is that flanking or surprise won't just be about skill and tend to be unnecessarily difficult if your units insist on always announcing their presence by directly lasing the enemy before firing. Agreed, this is a concern for me as well. Especilally after that MGS situation you mentioned 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagler Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I'm surprised the already established technique of lasing the ground under/to the side of the vehicle rather than the vehicle itself isn't implemented in some fashion. Laser warning detectors are built to detect in a wide area around the vehicle, not just precisely on it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apocal Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Laser warning detectors are built to detect in a wide area around the vehicle, not just precisely on it. The area isn't that wide, since laser energy has to physically intersect the receiver at some point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagler Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Yeah thats what i meant. The aperture of the reciever is built to pick up the general direction of the laser, not only when it hits the vehicle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polterklotz Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Is there any chance of lasing a vehicle just to make it shift or take evasive action - even if you don't have anything capable of killing it in the current postion? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename Duchess Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 (edited) Is there any chance of lasing a vehicle just to make it shift or take evasive action - even if you don't have anything capable of killing it in the current postion?The kind of lasers these systems detect are already attached to weapons that can threaten the vehicle. If you have the ammo, use it. Most receivers also face the turret towards the threat, so if you already can't hurt it then you're going to have a bad time if you lase it. As for lasing near a target, there is enough diffusion of the energy in a laser beam for the warning receiver to detect any shot nearby. Edited January 15, 2015 by Codename Duchess 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jargotn Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Is there any chance of lasing a vehicle just to make it shift or take evasive action - even if you don't have anything capable of killing it in the current postion? I don't think so. Modern systems can find out from what direction they are being lased. That means that they will probably spot you if you lase them. So, unless you can kill it fast, lasing something is a complicated way of committing suicide. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antaress73 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 (edited) Does it apply to precision ammo for the russian / ukrainian side where you have to lase for the strike ? Edited January 16, 2015 by antaress73 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 (edited) This brings us to the topic of device selectability. How automated are the procedures in tank gunnery? Can you selectively choose not to laze or is it all automatically built into the operation of the gun? I come at the question from the hobbyist end, never actually sat in a tank that wasn't a museum relic. Edited January 16, 2015 by MikeyD 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AttorneyAtWar Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 This brings us to the topic of device selectability. How automated are the procedures in tank gunnery? Can you selectively choose not to laze or is it all automatically built into the operation of the gun? I come at the question from the hobbyist end, never actually sat in a tank that wasn't a museum relic. The gunner or commander in the Abrams has to press a button to laze a target, it is not automatic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antaress73 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 On the coyote (25 mm bushmaster) it was manual.. You lased. Ballistic computer adjust the gun and you press the trigger .. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Unless there's been some sort of major change, the 1980s period Kladivo FCS used an LWR which sensed only the threat quadrant, not precise azimuth and elevation. As such, the LWR's capabilities mimicked those of RWRs (Radar Warning Receivers) commonly fitted to tactical aircraft. The information at this link, which deals with the technical capabilities and, if correct, remarkable capabilities of Shtora vs laser guided weapons, weapon designators and such, appears to indicate the ability to locate laser emitters has drastically improved, though the page doesn't give precise figures. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGER Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 (edited) I don't think so. Modern systems can find out from what direction they are being lased. That means that they will probably spot you if you lase them. So, unless you can kill it fast, lasing something is a complicated way of committing suicide. I think giving specialist squads a M203-swap simple laser 'illumination'-module (mounted under a rifle witch has also a sufficient optics to aim the laser) to fool tanks in the far out to exhaust their smoke and to disrupt them would be a good tactic. Of course you do it out of a "Wechselstellung" ! or an observation spot that will be vacated then Edited January 16, 2015 by MikeGER 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Lasing generally precedes a killing shot by a second or three. The target reaction is generally swift. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. Infantry "spoof" lasee against autocannon or 120/125mm airburst is a good way to lose that infantry. shtora is 4 degree azimuth (istr). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan/california Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 (edited) Lasing generally precedes a killing shot by a second or three. The target reaction is generally swift. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. Infantry "spoof" lasee against autocannon or 120/125mm airburst is a good way to lose that infantry. shtora is 4 degree azimuth (istr). It just cries out for a little remote controlled widget you could plant in front of your position. Heck just lay the beam across the avenue of approach with no remote at all. Its non lethal and will only work until the battery runs down Just turn it on and bug out when they are a few kilcks out. Preregister the mortar battery and FFE the second you see the smoke. It surely wouldn't improve their day. Edited January 16, 2015 by dan/california 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jargotn Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 It just cries out for a little remote controlled widget you could plant in front of your position. Heck just lay the beam across the avenue of approach with no remote at all. Its non lethal and will only work until the battery runs down Just turn it on and bug out when they are a few kilcks out. Preregister the mortar battery and FFE the second you see the smoke. It surely wouldn't improve their day. Nonlethal, but incredibly effective! Everytime someone mentions this all I can think of is a tank in the middle of multiple of those devices. You turn the first one on, the turret auto-rotates to face it, you turn the first one of and enable the second one. The turret auto-rotates to face it. Repeat. The turret keeps rotating. After some time the crew becomes to dizzled to continue the fight. I don't think that any crew is combat effective if all their vehicle does is make them sick. Is there anything to prevent this from happening? If not, when will we see our first rotating tank? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apocal Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Unless there's been some sort of major change, the 1980s period Kladivo FCS used an LWR which sensed only the threat quadrant, not precise azimuth and elevation. There's been a major change. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew H. Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 The laser beam in a rangefinder is larger than you think; at 1000 yds it's typically 4 yds high by 2 yds wide. (Unless there are more modern ones of which i'm unaware...) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Apocal, A provocative reply, to be sure, but would you please elaborate and supply technical specifics? I'd love to know more and see how much the situation has improved from when I first saw a Warsaw Pact LWR on a tank. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikalugin Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Apocal, A provocative reply, to be sure, but would you please elaborate and supply technical specifics? I'd love to know more and see how much the situation has improved from when I first saw a Warsaw Pact LWR on a tank. Regards, John Kettler I think currently there are precision direction finding sensors available to Shtora, allowing rotation of turret in the direct of the threat emitter. How accurate those are I am not quite sure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apocal Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Apocal, A provocative reply, to be sure, but would you please elaborate and supply technical specifics? I'd love to know more and see how much the situation has improved from when I first saw a Warsaw Pact LWR on a tank. Regards, John Kettler http://www.army-guide.com/eng/product3786.html The threat display consists of 32 LEDs and a digital readout in the centre. Threat direction is indicated by illumination of the LED closest to the detected angle, while the threat angle is also numerically displayed in the readout. The laser warning sensors are normally mounted on the turret. While it may be less exact in practice, we've come a long way from quadrant threat displays. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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