03-23-2023, 01:28 PM | #191 |
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Berkeley, CA
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Re: TL9 Heavy Tank
Faraday cages don't need to be a full conductive shell, they just need to have gaps that are smaller than the wavelength of the EM waves they're trying to block (a fair number of them are just a grid of wires). Having more coverage is better, but that simple loop is already providing quite a bit of shielding. In a pinch, you just wrap your projectile in a separating case with a thin coating of aluminum.
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03-23-2023, 05:14 PM | #192 |
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Re: TL9 Heavy Tank
Would having a Faraday cage on a smart round also be a benefit in protecting them from EMP based defences at the other end? I notice those blocky anti-drone guns being used in the Ukraine war and understand them to be EMP based...
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03-23-2023, 05:50 PM | #193 |
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Berkeley, CA
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Re: TL9 Heavy Tank
A faraday cage blocks all radio waves. Which is a problem for any smart round that relies on radio communications or radar (such as a drone). You could probably harden a laser-guided, infrared, or optical homing round, though.
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03-27-2023, 09:34 PM | #194 |
Join Date: Jan 2014
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Re: TL9 Heavy Tank
Most modern smart rounds, like the M982 Excalibur shell, for example, iften have multiple guidance methods incorporated in them, to prevent them from being easily thrown off course.
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