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From: rja@Eng.Sun.COM (Robert Allen)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Tank busting munition.
Message-ID: <1991Mar14.041841.29318@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 14 Mar 91 04:18:41 GMT
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From: rja@Eng.Sun.COM (Robert Allen)

In article <1991Mar12.224821.25366@cbnews.att.com> John Ramsden (jramsden@enh.Prime.Com) writes:
+
+It was a device which descended by parachute over an  area  supposedly
+containing  tanks,  and  as  it  approached  the ground it would start
+drifting sideways and precessing at the same  time,  like  a  gyrating
+sycamore  seed. This motion maximized the coverage of a camera or some
+sort of ground-scanning detector on the underside of the device.
+
+As soon as the characteristic shape of  a  tank  hove  into  view  the
+device  would launch a missile of some description aimed at the turret
+which, according to the documentary, was a weak spot.

    I don't know about this, but I've heard of a mine which could detect
    whether the target passingby was a truck, person, or tank, and launch
    an appropriate munition.
--
    Robert Allen, rja@sun.com		DISCLAIMER: I disclaim everything.

    "The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many
     accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more." - Ed Parker