towed anti-tank gun? romania, pls. WW2 was QUITE some time ago
@pony you are probably not following the RU-UK Donbas conflict too much, do you? It was back to WW2: two parties throwing tons of steel to each other. No air force involved, suddenly high quality anti-tank tech is **the** major tech advantage.
We always thought the next big war will be all air force, satellites, etc. Maybe not. Maybe it will be a throwback to WW2 again for some important reasons.
@pony On Wikipedia I read this thing has an extended effective firing range: anti-tank 3km, as a mortar 20km and anti-personnel 4km. If we focus on anti-tank operation, you said the disadvantage is that the thing is a hot sitting duck after the first shot. I don't know what is the range of IR homing systems, but 3+km seems rather far. As this can fire 7-15 rounds per minute, despite being an outdated design, I'd guess it can still inflict considerable damage at a relatively low cost before being shot down, so maybe it's not such a throwaway piece for Romanians. Think about it as operating your home server NAS on a 7-years old discarded laptop 😄 . But what do I know...
