AT Employment Flashcards
5 AT warheads
HE, HEAT, HESH, Tandem, TBX
Fuze types
Point det
Base det
Point initiated base det
HE
High explosive
General purpose, non-directional, anti-personnel
HEAT
High explosive anti-tank
Anti-armor, directional, shape charge
HESH
High explosive smash head
Sledgehammer effect, debilitates and crushes armor, multiplies kinetic energy on impact
Tandem
Designed to counter ERA, smaller charge defeats ERA armor and second charge defeats main armor and follows through
TBX
Thermoberic
Anti structure super heats air and uses massive pressure to collapse structures
Point det
Fuze in nose, det on impact or timed, mechanic or electric
Used on HE and TBX
Base det
Fuze in base, inertia releases firing pin, strikes primer initiating explosive chain
Point initiating base det
Piezoelectric crystal in nose sends electrical charge to rear which releases the firing pin
Missile tech types
MACLOS SACLOS ACLOS Top attack LOSAT
MACLOS
Manual command line of sight
1st gen, uses joy stick and control box
SACLOS
Semi auto command line of sight
2nd gen, guide and track sys. Sights on target, electrical transmission to missile
ACLOS
Auto command line of sight
3rd gen, aim-fire, computer transmission to missile with auto corrections
Methods of fire for AT weapons
Single
Sequence
Pair
Volley
