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Re:Primer: Statistical Armour by PeterisP on Friday April 15, 2022 @12:49PM (#31042463)
I think that out of all the weapons only the javelin strikes from the top of the tank while flying over it, everything else is a direct fire missile that will hit the tank from the side.

So a 'cage device' on top of the turret seems to be intended solely for Javelins, since every other weapon simply won't strike from that direction.

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Re:Primer: Statistical Armour by praptak on Friday April 15, 2022 @01:16PM (#31042819)
NLAW also strikes from the top, just not exactly like the Javelin.

The latter does that by having a steep trajectory. The NLAW just flies horizontally over the tank, then fires down vertically. It also has the other mode where it just hits directly head on.

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Re:Primer: Statistical Armour by dragontamer on Friday April 15, 2022 @12:50PM (#31042480)
> everything else is a direct fire missile that will hit the tank from the side

Kyiv has skyscrapers. A dumb RPG (AT4 or RPG7) fired from the 5th story of a building will hit from the top down... onto the weaker top-armor of a tank.

NLAWs are also top-attack weapons btw.

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