70-80mm has a lot of room for proximity fusing sensing and big boom and rangewhile also being the size you can shoot it at a decent rpm.would be expectionaly good at taking down kamikaze drones that fly in a strait line if given the right flight control.
>70mm shells for plastic targets that are about 50% vital component by area
>>65557801My guess is eventually pic related along the normal camera angle. Why throwaway all drones? economize
>>65557811small fpvs should be dealt with rifle cartdrige or 20mm autocannon, balistics can only be dealt with expensive interceptor, the middle ground of shaed and low flying cruise missile can be shootdown with heavier machineguns, but the high flying jet drones are easier shootdown with a flak
>>65557801what about kamikaze drones that don't fly in straight lines?
British calculations estimated that 320,000 AA shells would be required to shoot down a V-2.
>>65557801>70-80mm has a lot of room for proximity fusing sensing and big boom and rangewhile also being the size you can shoot it at a decent rpm.>would be expectionaly good at taking down kamikaze drones that fly in a strait line if given the right flight control.https://youtu.be/nPMqgVFNMTQ
>>65557830Why not just 35mm and APKWS at expected targets?
>>6556219735 mm can't reach jet-powered drones except during their final run (and they have low interception rates even then), and light SAM pods tend to have low capacity. A modern Skysweeper would likely have two drums of 12x 76mm rounds each, for a total of 24 ready.
>>65562245>2x12x76mm readyEnter, Italy
Also, a thought experiment. Single-digit prototypes have attempted to bring the OTO 76 ashore for decades, but boutique designs are tough to get investment for.
The Sovraponte is unitary, designed for zero-hull, air cooled mounting in locations that were traditionally impossible for big guns. Seen here, on the hangar roof.
The Tatra 815/817 is widely available, robust, and reliable, with dozens if not hundreds of specialty payloads.
Including a proposed SPAA carrier
And the famous DANA 152 wheeled artillery chassis.
So, perhaps a simple combination of two proven, unitary systems could answer the urgent need for affordable, rapidly available point defense systems optimized for "V-1"-class threats.
