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Old 07-15-2018, 02:45 PM   #8
Toltrin
 
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Default Re: Article says Tank Killing Robot Revealed

The robot must close with the tank very rapidly.
... Hover or quad-copter.
The robot must have the ability to defeat 250mm+ armor.
... Shaped charge.
Without intelligent accuracy at the right place the warhead would be useless.
... Visual recognition and lock on with a library of all military vehicles.
Without survivability it will never reach it's target.
... Small and moves about unpredictably.
So, I would be looking at cheap, hover bots with a hi-res camera and a shaped charge. It zips up to altitude, loiters for a while and then falls to rest on the engine deck or turret of a tank.
With technology the way it is an infantryman could carry one easily. If this happens, I have no idea what armor will do to react ... maybe a cloud of sticky threads in a defense grenades?
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