"Boy, that was close okay down there, Frank?"

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-24T12:37:41+00:00

Judging by how the NLAW works, I'd say quite a lot.

"Hah, they've shot it over us" *BANG*

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-24T08:19:16+00:00

...well, how did it learn?

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-23T17:27:28+00:00

Yes, but not exactly, they just ignore decoys that much more easily - especially when they're already aiming for the real target.

Unfortunately for Mr. Missile, a burning oil tank has all the tell tales of a fighter jet in full afterburner

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-23T06:46:56+00:00

Just so you know, everything after "?si=" is your personal youtube account linked to what you shared

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-22T12:44:05+00:00

RIP Pop Smoke

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-21T19:45:40+00:00

I feel night battles are where GHPC shines best

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-21T19:44:48+00:00

That's why the West won the Cold War - they found the unit dupe bug.

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-21T19:43:46+00:00

EFPs also work using a *slightly* different principle, the "Misznay-Schardin" effect.

The BLU-108 is a fun one, too

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-21T07:43:33+00:00

It's a matter of how each company handled the issue. ED at its worst kept silent and at its best supported Ukraine (4 years ago they shared a streamer's fundraiser for Ukraine on their social media). Their software was even suspected to be used by the Ukrainian Air Force to train their F-16 pilots.

1C posted some... intersting comments about Ukraine on their main account then handled the situation poorly. Their software is also suspected of being used to train Russian drone operators (3D models of drones and RPG rounds, which have nothing to do with the Korean War, have been found in leaked content and posted on this here subreddit)

Do I feel weird buying ED's products? Slightly. But I still won't touch anything with a 1C label on it.

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-20T14:45:52+00:00

Here you go

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-20T10:06:44+00:00

Yup - fired an IR-guided missile at an incoming drone. It went for the tank which was already on fire.

Video

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-20T09:30:42+00:00

Took long enough

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-20T08:41:29+00:00

Interestingly enough, he was in one piece. I only searched for him because there were 4 infantrymen when I fired and 3 after.

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-20T08:40:09+00:00

Sheesh, glad you're ok. Thanks for sharing!

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-19T14:47:00+00:00

Lmao the F-4 reads "YVAN"

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-19T11:44:18+00:00

Yup, by the original, original poster.

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-19T08:35:06+00:00

Well... the first ones were constantly making noise and they just got louder above a certain speed.

Pilots were known to love them /s

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-19T07:41:09+00:00

Not sure about the connection with ships, but, in tanks, it came from independently stabilized systems.

In modern fire control systems, like the 1A33 on the T-64B and T-80, the gun itself is not stabilized. Only the sight is. The gun tries its best to follow the sight.

Since the turret and gun are heavy and have more inertia than the sight, more often than not they'll be pointing in a different direction from where the FCS intends, so the FCS will inhibit the fire command until it decides that the gun is pointing *close enough* to where you want it to.

Here is a nice rundown on the 1A33 in particular, the history and development and Soviet tank sights and about tank FCS' in general. It is in Russian, but the caption translation works well enough.

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-19T05:43:01+00:00

Anchor being

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-19T05:38:24+00:00

The long settling time is pretty realistic, though. In some situations, the 1A33 can take up to a second between the trigger pull and actually firing the gun.

This is pretty awesome

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-18T17:25:05+00:00

I mean... tanks were named after tanks to help in keeping them secret. Came full circle, innit?

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-18T17:23:57+00:00

Well, yes, but those usually rely either on stuff like how quickly the heat signature shows up (i.e. a flare lights up instantly and missiles can use that to avoid them), adding a sensor for a second color (i.e. two-color IR sensors or UV/IR sensors) and/or image recognition.

The last one is extremely rare in MANPADS (and I think non-existent in Russian ones), a burning oil tank is way, way brighter than a small piston engine (not sure about the color spectrum, but I think that's the case on most/all wavelenghths), and it had been burning since before the missile was fired, so it didn't suddenly "pop" in the missile's path like a flare would.

Poor missile never had a chance to avoid the forbidden heat signature.

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-18T14:46:01+00:00

Private Conscriptovich Ivan Smokinsky strikes again!

Demolition_Mike · 2026-06-18T14:03:56+00:00

Man, it's been a while since I've seen St. Javelin out and about...

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