How the Israel's Illuminate a tank

[Raye7r]

https://fbcdn-video-j-a.akamaihd.ne..._=1441164846_2386868118acc0df224d4dfe2e3320e7

 

[9mmfan]

That’s a *&ll of a missile/shell!

 

[paintman]

O MY. good thing they are on our side. (well for now any way)

 

[stephen87]

O MY. good thing they are on our side. (well for now any way)

Not if some people in this country have their way.

 

[chef larry]

What tank? just saw a lot of fire and a piece of metal.

 

[devious169]

Looks like the fourth of july! Quite spectacular!

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Linky no worky.

 

[VUPDblue]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QehccGhnR94


This video terrifies me

 

[maansmit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QehccGhnR94


This video terrifies me

I'd hate to be on the wrong end of that. That was some serious business.

 

[KittySlayer]

Are the moderators going to merge this thread with the recent Road Rage threads?

Far more effective and satisfying than honking your horn.

 

[Clay]

Those poor SOBs in that tank!

 

[Alamo]

It's a pretty cool video, but I don't know what makes it "Israeli," and I am betting that was a test shot, not a real battlefield engagement (for one thing, there are no other military artifacts in view...no soldiers or other people, no other equipment, nothing but a launch platform (with no people near it), a missile, and a tank).

 

[Tactically Fat]

The vid title includes Phosphorus...

Are we sure that's what it is? That kind of asplosion happens inside a tank with just about any piercing sabot round.

Note: I'm not saying that it's NOT a Willey Pete type of a round - just that it's not necessarily so.

 

[Kutnupe14]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QehccGhnR94


This video terrifies me

Does that city in Austria all those? And how far were those two tanks away from each other?

 

[Cameramonkey]

The vid title includes Phosphorus...

Are we sure that's what it is? That kind of asplosion happens inside a tank with just about any piercing sabot round.

Note: I'm not saying that it's NOT a Willey Pete type of a round - just that it's not necessarily so.

One of the videos describes the explosions as fuel and ammuntion cooking off as the source of the flames.


But yes, VERY creepy. It was also creepy that it appeared that the missle flew off to the right of the tank and missed it.

 

[BugI02]

Appears wire guided. Not the best scenario for missile crew survival. Most designs moving to fire and forget. Difficult to believe 'willie pete' claim as it would just take up space in the warhead that could be used for more devastating payload like shaped charge hardware and explosives. If you achieve penetration of the armor, spraying the interior of a 'fully armed' tank with molten metal, it will create a similar result, no phosphorous needed. Must be how it felt to be in a Sherman during the two.

 

[Tactically Fat]

One of the videos describes the explosions as fuel and ammuntion cooking off as the source of the flames.


But yes, VERY creepy. It was also creepy that it appeared that the missle flew off to the right of the tank and missed it.

The appearance of the missile "missing" is due to the perspective of the camera lense, the compressing of distance by the lens, and mirage effect.

Appears wire guided. Not the best scenario for missile crew survival. Most designs moving to fire and forget. Difficult to believe 'willie pete' claim as it would just take up space in the warhead that could be used for more devastating payload like shaped charge hardware and explosives. If you achieve penetration of the armor, spraying the interior of a 'fully armed' tank with molten metal, it will create a similar result, no phosphorous needed. Must be how it felt to be in a Sherman during the two.

HEAT rounds is what I was trying to come up with in the above. High-Explosive Anti-Tank. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-explosive_anti-tank_warhead

I doubt a WP-type round would punch through tank armor. Guess that'd all depend on the tank and the round.