Lets see how power a 25mm cannon is.....
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The rounds. 25mm Bushmaster cannon on a LAV-25.
Damaged done
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Nice...it can penetrate a inch thick metal...
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things like this makes you wish that there will not be any wars near our shores or in anywhere on the world.. imagine if you or your relatives/ friends/ loved ones is sitting inside and ...
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These rounds can puncture our AMX-13s from the front easily. I'm not kidding. Anyways, the last exhibition at Marina bay, u could have gotten a hands on on the actual equipment itself. they opened up almost every vehicle. Yes, we hav 25mm Bushmasters too.
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I strongly believe that a couple of HE rounds can disable the soviet MBT juz up north of us.
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they've been upgraded to 30mm.
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30MM SLAP - tungsten will do the trick.
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i like Oerlikon more. esp their 35mms.
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25mm or 30mm AP rounds from the bushmaster can't penetrate the armor of an MBT. Even our northern neighbours one. But, it will probably pelt away all the reactive armor tho.
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Reactive armor can tehan the second, third shots at the same place ??
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it is not SLAP, it is APFSDS-TOriginally posted by LazerLordz:30MM SLAP - tungsten will do the trick.
Armour Piercing Fis Discarding Sabot- Tracer.
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Fis?Originally posted by saline:it is not SLAP, it is APFSDS-T
Armour Piercing Fis Discarding Sabot- Tracer.
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Nope, the reactive armor will probably get blown off by the 25mm rounds. Leaving a bare spot in the armor. However, the 25mm AP round cannot penetrate even that.
25mm projectile won't pack enuff KE to penetrate.
U need something in the 75mm or 90mm range at the very least, and at close range. -
how about automatic matador launchers? AML?
90mm caliber, can fire at 6 rds per minute, up to 50 rounds HEAT/HE? 
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The only complaints I have is cranking them up the chute and the feed gets jammed. Pulling their barrel clean is a big hassle too. Even an 84 is easier.
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Tandem-warhead Spike is suffice to counter reactive armour.
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Is the round enough to penetrate armoured viehicles and steel reinforced building?
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Based on a live firing result during a Polish exercise in Feb this yr, their newly acquired Spike was able to "penetrate the bottom right part of the turret of a T-72 main battle tank" with no explosive-reactive add-on.Originally posted by ceecookie:Is the round enough to penetrate armoured viehicles and steel reinforced building?
Guess what happen if this little missile is made to punch from the thinner turret roof instead.
And yes, Spike is designed for CQB bunker-busting purpose.
THe real-war issue is not whether the missle can do tank killing jobs or not, but how all these assets can be used effectively.
I can be armed with old RPGs & AKs, but I still can pin-down and shot down well-trained Delta forces and BlackHawk helo respectively. -
that means that our forces and bunkers are in danger of the 25 mm cannon...anyway its portable right?
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Not all.Originally posted by nismoS132:they've been upgraded to 30mm. -
theres only one thing I can say... OuCh!!!
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Can it be effectively employed as a AA weapon?
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let's see...in the vietnam war a simple peasant could use a ancient bold-action rifle as your handly AA-Gun liao..so wad's stopping u..?
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Can what be used as HE rounds?
The tandem warhead arrangement in the spike is not a new thing. The idea is to use the first warhead to trigger the Reactive armor. So after its triggered, the patch would be balded, and the 2nd warhead would punch thru.
Unfortunately, its not a full proof method. One of the ways that offers the highers pK is to launch it in a Top-Attack Mode. Where the missile will arc up, and dive at the target, where the armor is likely to be the weakest. So when u have a Tandem Warhead that does a Top-Attack, its pretty high pK. -
Normally, a VC would go:"not my pasar, AA go and gao dim."Originally posted by SpecOps87:Can it be effectively employed as a AA weapon?