spiff@ucscb.ucsc.edu (Tasmanian Devil School of Speech Therapy) (10/20/90)
From: spiff@ucscb.ucsc.edu (Tasmanian Devil School of Speech Therapy) This may seem like a silly question, but why dontt tanks have radar (for the purpose of firing radar-guided missles)? Is it because there is so much ground clutter that radar would be worthless, or is it because you cant put armor in front of a radar emitter, or what?
bxr307@csc.anu.oz.au (10/24/90)
From: bxr307@csc.anu.oz.au In article <1990Oct19.181644.17328@cbnews.att.com>, spiff@ucscb.ucsc.edu (Tasmanian Devil School of Speech Therapy) writes: > > > From: spiff@ucscb.ucsc.edu (Tasmanian Devil School of Speech Therapy) > > > > This may seem like a silly question, but why dontt tanks have radar > (for the purpose of firing radar-guided missles)? Is it because there > is so much ground clutter that radar would be worthless, or is it > because you cant put armor in front of a radar emitter, or what? The US Army has experimented with the us of millimetre (mm) wave radar units on armoured vehicles (in particular tanks) as an added sensor. I read about the tests about 1-2 years ago. I believe they were successful and while the US Army might want to put them on their tanks the expense is a little too much at the moment. The sensor however was not intended to guide missiles, rather it was intended to act as a further means by which to sense targets through smoke and at night. It was also, when coupled with a engagement management computer system to be able to take control of the gun and turret and point the gun at the nearest target if the commander allowed it. The gunner was to then fine aim and fire the gun. One outgrowth from the system I think is the "Longbow" mm radar system which is going to retrofitted to AH64 Apache helicopters. Brian Ross
henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (10/24/90)
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) >From: spiff@ucscb.ucsc.edu (Tasmanian Devil School of Speech Therapy) >This may seem like a silly question, but why dontt tanks have radar >(for the purpose of firing radar-guided missles)? ... Radar-guided missiles are generally of little use on the ground. There is too much clutter for radar to pick out a single target easily. If you're shooting at aircraft, the situation improves, and there have been tracked, armored antiaircraft vehicles with radars (e.g. the defunct Sergeant York). -- The type syntax for C is essentially | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology unparsable. --Rob Pike | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
dav@genisco.uucp (David L. Markowitz) (11/01/90)
From: dav@genisco.uucp (David L. Markowitz) bxr307@csc.anu.oz.au writes: >From: bxr307@csc.anu.oz.au >In article <1990Oct19.181644.17328@cbnews.att.com>, spiff@ucscb.ucsc.edu (Tasmanian Devil School of Speech Therapy) writes: >> >> This may seem like a silly question, but why dontt tanks have radar >> (for the purpose of firing radar-guided missles)? > The US Army has experimented with the us of millimetre (mm) wave radar > units on armoured vehicles (in particular tanks) as an added sensor. I read >about the tests about 1-2 years ago. I believe they were successful and while > the US Army might want to put them on their tanks the expense is a little too > much at the moment. I worked on a millimeter wave tank program at Rockwell in the mid-80's. It was intended for tank gun control, and included automatic aiming and firing with no "fine aiming" required. One test that was performed resulted in 4 out of 6 shots fired within approximately 30 seconds hitting moving targets. 1 missed slightly, and the last jammed in the gun. Where this program is now, I can't say. -- David L. Markowitz Genisco Technology Corporation dav@gtc.com