The worst horror of the Russian mercenaries. What you need to know about the advantages and disadvantages of “Javelin” in the Donbass

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Weapons can be located on the territory of Lviv region under the watchful eye of the Americans.

This week, President Petro Poroshenko has confirmed receipt from the United States of America anti-tank systems “javelin”.

As stated in the story TSN.Week, infrared homing head gives you the ability to fire at tanks on the principle of “fire and forget”. Smart missile, fixed object, will keep it until destroyed, even if the tank is otherwise shy away. And most importantly – you can shoot from any shelter. Which would not have been the shooter himself – rocket picks up sharply, by as much as 160 meters, with the height of the flight flies to the point of targeting. Hit the target is from a height in the least protected area of a surface. Thus the shooter can hide from enemy instant response.

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At the forefront mainly use the system “Fagot”, which was made in Soviet times. “In contrast to the “Javelina”, the missile should be controlled. Behind him stretches a thin wire to the point of meeting the target. Thus, unlike operators, “Javelina”, the soldiers can not be so fast to leave the position. Sagittarius controls the rocket during flight. While it is flying, the fighter can detect the enemy. And then the position will be covered by mortars.

The starter weight 22 kg – it is not something I want to run a marathon. “Gawlikowski” command block weighs three times less. And the system “Fagot”, and even its modern reincarnation domestic “Stugna” hit the target only in the forehead. “Javelin” comes at the target from above like a hawk, and falls in the most vulnerable place – commander’s hatch. To survive in the tank almost impossible. But with all the benefits of the “javelin” effective distance up to 2.5 km, which means that the decisive factor in the duel with the tank is not “javelin”, and the one who does not shoot, because the distance to the enemy tank critically low.

The battalion commander 24 brigade Yuri Hungarians believes that the launches should be carried out in the so-called gray zone. “People should be not that bold and crazy, because it is necessary to go beyond the front line of defense in the “gray area”, but it’s a big risk,” he added.

It is unlikely that people will do it with the “Javelin” on his shoulders, if he never came to a duel. Therefore, if the polygon is prepared shooters that not a day was at the front, it would negate all the advantages of the weapon. According to TSN.Week operators “Javelin” was prepared in December last year. The place of storage of missiles was not disclosed.

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