AT Weapons Intro Flashcards
What are the types of Warheads?
High Explosive (HE)/ High Explosive Dual Purpose (HEDP)
High Explosive Anti Tank (HEAT)/ Tandem
High Explosive Smash Head (HESH)
Fuel Air Explosive (FAE)/ Thermobaric (TBX)
What is the shape charge process?
- Impact
- Ignition
- Penetration
4 Spalling
What is the HESH Type Warhead effective against?
Armored vehicles and buildings
What are the types of Fuzes for anti tank rounds?
- Point Detonating
- Base Detonating
- Point Initiating and Base Detonating
Regarding missile technology, what are three types of guiding systems?
- Manual command line of sight (MCLOS) You watch round and target
- Semi Automatic command line of sight (SACLOS) track the sight on target
- Automatic command line of sight (ACLOS) Fire and forget
What is standoff?
The distance where you can engage a target outside of the enemies‘ max effective range.
Fixing threat, what can you do to change the terrain making it difficult for enemy tanks to maneuver or to destroy enemy tanks?
Embankments Tank ditches Tank mines Craters Mout obstacles
Methods of engagement
Single firing
Sequence firing
Pair firing
Volly firing setup
What is a warhead?
The explosive material that is delivered by a projectile.