Tanks were invented to protect infantry against machine guns. We need a new tank type to protect infantry against drones
>>65170606The same concept was proposed for helicopter APS in early GWOT. The ball is constantly spinning and packed with barrels to reduce slew time to milliseconds. This one uses 12ga shotgun ammo.
>>65170606Here me out, how about giant fans that blow the drones off course?
>>65170649Just suck all the air out of the battlefield, drones need air to fly
>>65170655Carpet bomb with fuel air bombs I guess lol
>>65170655Also a sound plan
>>65170649Too energy intense.What about using a lot of springs to make them bounce off?
>>65170606>new tank type to protect infantry against dronesA drank? Or a trone?
>>65170649Get GD on it.
>>65170606So some kind of self propelled anti-aircraft system?
>>65170780>So some kind of self propelled anti-aircraft system?Or self propelled anti-drone system, so...
>>65170649stick a jet engine on it
>>65170606just replace infantry with drones
Wasn't there already something made like that? The M163 VADS was an APC with a CIWS on top.
>>65171603I have been shocked the VADS wasn't donated to Ukraine, it could be used as anti-infantry as well. I guess the round isn't made any more? At this point, why not put x4 M2s on a M113 and use that? Not like there aren't a lot of M113's about and it's not like M2s are rare, either. USA did it in WW2 with the M18, so why not with the M113? It's not like it can't be used to suppress either.
>>65170606>Tanks were invented to protect infantry against machine guns.No they weren't
>>65171633The round it still used in F-15s, F-16s, F-18s & D-22s.My best guess is the US saw the drone threat and decided to keep the VADS, with a little modernization and airburst rounds they would be very effective at close range.
>>65170606Just make the armour thicker, lmao.Land battleships when!?
>>65171633These are proving quite good at swatting bugs.
>>65171603The spinny boi solutions exist to minimize slew time in the last 40 meters. CIWS is bad at that. CIWS is also meant for big targets. Soviet antiship missiles and 3rd gen manned fighters. It's why Pantsirs were crap against drones.A modern CIWS for shooting drones in the 800m-1.5km range would be a single barrel 30mm+ autocannon with prox fuzes.
>>65171603So cool. M113s are so cool. Me want
>>65171832One got swat by a plain old geran a while ago tho.
>>65170708>Lazyboy also permitted*at commander's discretion
>>65170606>Tanks were invented to protect infantryno
I haven't heard a compelling idea on here in a long time, your noggin is joggin
>>65170649Klunk, you invent me a thingamabobThat fends off those drones, or else I'll lose my job
