Show us your animated GIFs... [Volume 3]

[NickM450]

TVRJAS said:

Maybe a re-post.. I have seen it before but can't remember if it was on here.

I have seen it before so probably is.... still, what exactly is he trying to achieve?

[mybrainhurts]

NickM450 said:

TVRJAS said:

Maybe a re-post.. I have seen it before but can't remember if it was on here.

I have seen it before so probably is.... still, what exactly is he trying to achieve?

Relief from constipation. Don't you know anything?

[TVRJAS]

NickM450 said:

I have seen it before so probably is.... still, what exactly is he trying to achieve?

Apart from being a Willy..... maybe trying to be cool and impress the Girls...

Moments Later

[Pesty]

NickM450 said:

TVRJAS said:

Maybe a re-post.. I have seen it before but can't remember if it was on here.

I have seen it before so probably is.... still, what exactly is he trying to achieve?

trying to see if you die by punching his ribs through his lungs?

[Gorf]

rufusruffcutt said:

Anyone know what sort of missile that is? I'm struggling to see the benefit of a horizontal attack like this instead of lofting and diving straight into the turret?

[TheEnd]

I thought that too, it seems to be an airburst rather then direct. Maybe some sort of thermobaric air/fuel thing, as it does look like a first explosion, followed by a second larger burst.

[007 VXR]

Gorf said:

rufusruffcutt said:

Anyone know what sort of missile that is? I'm struggling to see the benefit of a horizontal attack like this instead of lofting and diving straight into the turret?

Weaker armer plating on top ?

[karona]

007 VXR said:

Gorf said:

rufusruffcutt said:

Anyone know what sort of missile that is? I'm struggling to see the benefit of a horizontal attack like this instead of lofting and diving straight into the turret?

Weaker armer plating on top ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FGM-148_Javelin

[CoolC]

[so called]

Gorf said:

rufusruffcutt said:

......I'm struggling to see the benefit of a horizontal attack..............

Looked pretty easy to see to me.
Was that a test or where there people inside that tank?

[eybic]

DickyC said:

caraddict said:

rufusruffcutt said:

Anyone know where this gif is from? Source?

The camera car seems to be going round without the theatricals.

It seems to be from a video game.

[Gorf]

karona said:

007 VXR said:

Gorf said:

rufusruffcutt said:

Anyone know what sort of missile that is? I'm struggling to see the benefit of a horizontal attack like this instead of lofting and diving straight into the turret?

Weaker armer plating on top ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FGM-148_Javelin

No, the Javelin has a top-down attack profile (second sentence in the overview in the link you provided). It can be used for direct attack against buildings and helicopters but if used in this mode against a tank, it would hit the side, not airburst over the top. [Edit found it - it's a TOW-2B Aero. Uses two shaped charges in quick succession.]

@007VXR - Not only are tanks weaker on top, modern tanks have explosive panels on the side which fire out sheet metal at incoming rockets. There is a "sweet spot" of about 13cm from armour where a shaped charge needs to detonate so that its force is felt at the right point (a focussed blob of molten copper is punched through the armour). If it detonates too early because the tank has sent a sheet of metal out to meet it, its effects are pretty much negated.

Edited by Gorf on Monday 9th June 10:52

[Gorf]

so called said:

Gorf said:

rufusruffcutt said:

......I'm struggling to see the benefit of a horizontal attack..............

Looked pretty easy to see to me.

A big fireball won't do much damage to someone inside a tank. This is far more effective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XZTZmzM-Kw (Javelin)

A high-speed camera filming a stationary tank at just the right time to record a missile attack? Of course it's a test and there's nobody in it.

[Edit - found it, see above. The T72 tank in the video was filled with accelerant and explosive so that the army brass watching would get a spectacular display. In the real world, a massive explosion would be the result of a hit on the magazine, but the main objective of the missile is to disable the tank and shred the occupants.]

Edited by Gorf on Monday 9th June 10:55

[DickyC]

eybic said:

DickyC said:

caraddict said:

rufusruffcutt said:

Anyone know where this gif is from? Source?

The camera car seems to be going round without the theatricals.

It seems to be from a video game.

Didn't think of that.

[Blib]

[so called]

Gorf said:

so called said:

Gorf said:

rufusruffcutt said:

......I'm struggling to see the benefit of a horizontal attack..............

Looked pretty easy to see to me.

A big fireball won't do much damage to someone inside a tank. This is far more effective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XZTZmzM-Kw (Javelin)

A high-speed camera filming a stationary tank at just the right time to record a missile attack? Of course it's a test and there's nobody in it.

[Edit - found it, see above. The T72 tank in the video was filled with accelerant and explosive so that the army brass watching would get a spectacular display. In the real world, a massive explosion would be the result of a hit on the magazine, but the main objective of the missile is to disable the tank and shred the occupants.]

Edited by Gorf on Monday 9th June 10:55

"A big fireball won't do much damage..........."
Would to my underpants

Thanks for the info.
Wasn't much left of the tank after the Javelin.

Edited by so called on Monday 9th June 12:03

[RizzoTheRat]

Gorf said:

karona said:

007 VXR said:

Gorf said:

rufusruffcutt said:

Anyone know what sort of missile that is? I'm struggling to see the benefit of a horizontal attack like this instead of lofting and diving straight into the turret?

Weaker armer plating on top ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FGM-148_Javelin

No, the Javelin has a top-down attack profile (second sentence in the overview in the link you provided). It can be used for direct attack against buildings and helicopters but if used in this mode against a tank, it would hit the side, not airburst over the top. [Edit found it - it's a TOW-2B Aero. Uses two shaped charges in quick succession.]

So back to your original question, what's the benefit of this kind of horizontal attack rather than a conventional lofting attack? Only thing I can think of is if the target is manoeuvring the missile only needs to adjust in the horizontal plane rather change its dive angle, but against a tank that's not really much of an issue is it?

[VEA]

Back on topic...

[Big Rod]

Pesty said:

NickM450 said:

TVRJAS said:

Maybe a re-post.. I have seen it before but can't remember if it was on here.

I have seen it before so probably is.... still, what exactly is he trying to achieve?

trying to see if you die by punching his ribs through his lungs?

A guy I was friends with about 25 years ago did exactly this on the top floor of a tenement block in Edinburgh. It's almost a carbon copy.

He was fairly inebriated at the time and just got up and walked off. His ribs were in a right state the next day but surprisingly nothing broken.

[funkyrobot]

rufusruffcutt said:

A few more..

Both from Peterborough last week?