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Feuer Frei!
06-22-11, 08:42 PM
Now this is mighty cool:

18,000 frames per second. That’s what it takes to make one of the most destructive forces in the battlefield turn from fire-spitting hate dragon to beautiful.
The tank is a Russian T-90 (http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/07/flaming-helmets-dancing-tanks-at-russian-arms-expo/), a third-generation 46.5-tonne beast with a steel-composite-reactive blend armor, shooting a 125mm shell.
The camera is a Photron (http://www.photron.com/), a high speed, ultra high definition camera made for scientific analysis. It’s also made to blow your knickers off.
Watch this:

T90 shot taken by Photron camera at 18000 fps (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_aPdr3usSJk)

Another shot taken (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZcgqtL-RfE&feature=player_embedded)
Krauter
06-22-11, 09:14 PM
I find it funny that the Soviet Union, and the Russians today are strapped for cash and lacking the money to use fuel for training, etc.

Yet they can waste the fuel to do a tank ballet... :doh:

Nice link though thank you!
TLAM Strike
06-22-11, 10:01 PM
Is that one of those funky Russian gun launched ATGMs? I think I can see a wire trailing the round. :hmmm:
darius359au
06-23-11, 12:38 AM
I think @TLAM strike may be right about it being a gun launched ATGM ,if you pause at 2-3 seconds the round looks like its unfolding control wings at the rear ,it's definitely not a sabot round dumping the shoe ,its too big for that.
Onkel Neal
06-23-11, 12:38 AM
Dang, that's just how my Suzuki looks when I grab a handful of throttle! :yep:
Krauter
06-23-11, 01:00 AM
I think @TLAM strike may be right about it being a gun launched ATGM ,if you pause at 2-3 seconds the round looks like its unfolding control wings at the rear ,it's definitely not a sabot round dumping the shoe ,its too big for that.

I still don't see a trail wire, assuming they're wire guided AT Missiles.. Or maybe similar to the Hellfires and rides a laser beam to the target?

Edit: Yeep thats a fin stabilized round. The Russian T90 tank fires the AT-11 (Nato Sniper) that is laser guided and thus has no trailing wire.

http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/T-90S.htm
Jimbuna
06-23-11, 06:18 AM
Either way it's pretty cool footage.
papa_smurf
06-23-11, 08:03 AM
Very nice footage.
yubba
06-23-11, 05:09 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsJKT5hiSJ0