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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Tanks and radar
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>From: spiff@ucscb.ucsc.edu (Tasmanian Devil School of Speech Therapy)
>This may seem like a silly question, but why dontt tanks have radar
>(for the purpose of firing radar-guided missles)? ...

Radar-guided missiles are generally of little use on the ground.  There
is too much clutter for radar to pick out a single target easily.  If
you're shooting at aircraft, the situation improves, and there have been
tracked, armored antiaircraft vehicles with radars (e.g. the defunct
Sergeant York).
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