The TOW anti-tank missile is a second-generation heavy-duty anti-tank missile weapon system with tube launch, optical sighting, infrared automatic tracking, and wired guidance developed by Hughes Aircraft Corporation of the United States in 1962. It was mass-produced and incorporated in 1970. Equipped troops can be carried directly by infantry, or on board or on board.
For the Cobra helicopter, the TOW anti-tank missile is a very good weapon. At the same time, this missile also supports operations in the night light, such as now.
Ozawa in the back has put the helicopter into a hovering state to maintain the stability of the platform, while Saburo Matsushita in front is steadily operating the missile aiming.
The first-generation anti-tank missile was completely command-guided. To put it simply, it was a model airplane, while the second-generation anti-tank missile has achieved semi-active control.
Now, from the optical sight in front of him, locking the target, Saburo Matsushita pressed the button.
emission!
Under the short wing, a fire flashed, and a pottery anti-tank missile flew out from under the short wing. In the night sky, the launch of the missile was quite bright and eye-catching.
At this moment, Plushenko on the opposite side had already seen it. When he noticed that flames were emerging from the helicopter, he knew that the most terrible thing was coming. At this moment, he did not hesitate.
Just when he was operating the machine gun, he had already turned the turret to the side. Now, his anti-aircraft machine gun was aimed at the helicopter, and the hovering helicopter was his target!
Fire!
Plushenko pressed the button for the electric shock, and then the familiar gunfire came.
"Da da, da da da." A 12.7 mm bullet was splattered forward, and there were waves of flames at the muzzle, and Plushenko had no choice.
He knows that after the gunship launches a missile, it cannot move until it hits the target. It must hover there, waiting for the missile to finally hit the target.
At this time, the opponent is a good target, and if you do it now, you can force the opponent to fly away.
Yes, if you want to use your anti-aircraft machine gun to shoot down the opponent, Plushenko has no such good luck. The opposite is a gunship! It has special and perfect armor protection. Its own 12.7mm machine gun, even with a tungsten alloy warhead, cannot shoot down the opponent, but it can scare the opponent away.
As long as the opponent feels dangerous, he will definitely fly away. Any crew member will choose the latter if he is killed and thrown away.
It is a pity that it would be good if the Shileka River self-propelled artillery, which is advancing with their troops, came over. The quadruple-mounted antiaircraft artillery was designed to deal with armed helicopters. The rapid firepower can shoot it down on the spot.
But it doesn't work now. The self-propelled artillery is behind their formation. In the canyon, the road here can only accommodate one tank, and the one behind can't get through.
I thought I could pass through here quickly and efficiently, but at this time I encountered an accident!
Grushko's machine gun kept throwing 12.7mm bullets at the opponent. He also knew that when he was shooting, his position was completely exposed.
Saburo Matsushita was not afraid.
If the opposite is an anti-aircraft artillery, he must fly away quickly, but now, only the tank's anti-aircraft machine gun, what is it afraid of? They are two kilometers away now!
Saburo Matsushita still focused on guiding the missile. At this time, the other party actually opened fire. It was a good target.
After the TOW missile took off, it began to continuously throw a thin wire backward. This is also the most common anti-tank missile of this era, and it is the same as the wire control in the model.
If it is a big battle, when it is over, this kind of wire will fall on the battlefield everywhere. At the same time, if there is any interference during the flight, such as flying over a big tree, it will suddenly hang. , The wire was torn off.
However, the wire still has advantages. Compared with the radio command guidance, its anti-interference ability is greatly enhanced, and it also has the ability of multiple channels.
If it is radio guidance, in order to avoid interference between each other, there are restrictions on the anti-tank missiles launched at the same time on the battlefield, but the wire guidance is fine, because each missile is transported by its own wire. Signal.
Even later generations, there are missiles with this principle, except that the wires are replaced with optical fibers.
This wire was quickly released as it flew. At the same time, the infrared beacon on the tail of the missile emits 2.2 microns of infrared radiation backwards. This weak signal will be captured by the infrared goniometer on the helicopter behind, and then the error between the missile and the target’s line of sight will be measured based on this signal. After being processed by the guidance device, it will be transmitted to the control mechanism on the missile to correct the missile’s performance. Flight path until it hits the target.
This is the principle of semi-active anti-tank missiles. Compared with the previous first-generation anti-tank missiles that rely entirely on joysticks and fly up and down, it no longer requires manual control by humans, and its flight path is automatic. Controlled, relying on the operation of the guidance device, is faster than the response of human hands.
However, it still needs the cooperation of the helicopter at the rear and cannot act completely autonomously, so it can only be regarded as semi-active.
The missile was flying forward fast, while spinning, while changing its course according to the signal from the rear, getting closer and closer to the target.
Compared with the speed of several Mach, the speed of anti-tank missiles is not high. The current Tao-type anti-tank missiles only have a speed of 360 meters per second.
If the speed is too fast, the requirements of the control system are even higher. At the same time, the tail's pay-off action is also faster, which can easily break the line. Therefore, this missile is not fast enough that the naked eye on the opposite side can .
Originally, Grushko's machine gun was fired at the opposite helicopter, but after finding that the opponent's helicopter was not peeing on him, he immediately changed his plan and fired at the flying missile!
If Grushko is holding a Phalanx in his hand, it is absolutely nothing to deal with a missile, with a rate of fire of several thousand rounds per minute. But now, he has an anti-aircraft machine gun in his hand!
The intensive rain of bullets could not stop the flight of the missile, that terrible missile was still flying towards them!
"Brake!" Grushko shouted loudly. Now, the missile can almost be seen close at hand, and they only have one last trick, to brake hard!
Yuri in front slammed on the brakes, and Grushko's body was thrown off the turret, his throat screamed, and his body collided with the tank's body. Pain. (End of this chapter)