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On 12/27/2019 at 10:04 AM, SH_MM said:

Germany has signed a contract with MBDA for the Wirkmittel 1800+ program. MBDA's Enforcer missile was chosen over the Spike-SR system offered by EuroSpike under licence.

 

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Remind me of the Mini-Spike (cancelled). The warhead was tailored for anti-personal & light armored target  role due to its small size.

 

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WH 98 seems to be triple warhead. The second charge is smaller, because the jet must fit into cavity made in armour array by the first charge. If the second one is of greater diameter, there is  probability, that jet would hit outside crater digged by smaller precursor  and it`s distruptive power would be wasted.

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Many missiles are axi-symmetric. In particular those which spin in flight have to be. Therefore, in order to generate lift for horizontal flight they must fly at a positive angle of attack. Examples of such missiles include SS.10, SS.11, Swatter, Sagger, Spigot, Spandrel, Metis, Kornet, HOT, MILAN, and others.

The TOW also has entirely horizontal wings, but as it does not spin in flight the horiz tail is canted at 2 deg down to raise the nose for positive AoA, and can then vary from +2 to -6 deg, unlike the vertical tail which goes symmetrically from -4 to +4 deg.

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Not sure if this has already been psoted here. The official manual of the Leichte Panzerfaust 44 Lanze. Penetration with original ammo (DM12) is 375 mm against steel armor. Maximum effective range 300 meters, recommended range for firing 200 meters.

 

https://archive.org/details/gunmanual_German_Zdv316_Die_Leichte_Panzerfaust/mode/2up

 

Supposedly improved ammunition - DM22 - increased penetration to 470 mm.

 

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