I think the worst "dumb" weapon to face would by far be a barrage of rockets be they 70mm Hydra or 80mm Russian air to surface or from a GRAD or an MLRS or HIMARS with flechette war heads.
Depending on the rocket and warhead size several hundred to several thousand steel darts raining onto and right through you at a velocity past the speed of sound.
Modern artillery is also extremely devastating.My brother had his skin saved a few times in Afghanistan by a few well placed 155mm from the M777(a British design though their army dose not use that gun)with standard rounds they can hit you from 15 miles away with rocket assist 18 miles and an Excalibur shell 25 miles.
My dad in Vietnam missed death by minutes when he left a bunker it got hit by just a few moments later an NVA 155mm the guys inside where blown to mist.
Arty dose not get the headlines like JADAMS and the A-10 but with modern technology it is still the king of battle.Another thing about arty is so long as you are in range she will always be there to rain death unlike a airplane or helicopter.
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