Refresh Comments
Anonymous comments allowed.
7 comments displayed.
#8
-
midgetslayer ONLINE (12/15/2015) [-] hey weapons experts
what is the moving red light in the missile impact videos? is it the missile itself or a targeting device? (does kind of a loop the loop thing). you can see one in video 5 of this comp.
what is the moving red light in the missile impact videos? is it the missile itself or a targeting device? (does kind of a loop the loop thing). you can see one in video 5 of this comp.
#12 to #9
-
midgetslayer ONLINE (12/15/2015) [-] thats what i was thinking, or fly by wire but the speed of some of the videos makes it look like it is a laser (obviously giant red visible lasers are not used by any competent military).
#16 to #12
-
ketchupshinobi (12/15/2015) [-] that's not a laser its the propellant igniting out the back of the rocket. The ATGM was fired from near the camera's position out and away toward the tank.
#56 to #16
-
hydde (12/15/2015) [-]
The light that you see is most likely an incandescent infrared bulb in the back of a 9K111 Fagot ATGM or the BGM-71 TOW ATGM. The reason you can see it is that a camera can pick up the infrared light of the bulb, just like your phone camera with your TV remote IR transmitter. The infrared light is used by the sights on the launcher to determine the location of the ATGM, and if necessary correct the trajectory, as can be seen happening with the eratic jerks of the missile.
