An EM screen sounds fine, but: 1. It will be easy to detect. 2. 2. I don't
think tungsten, copper or depleted uranium are affected by
magnetic fields. So that makes it vulnerable to the more modern AT
rounds I can think off (assuming that self-forging and HEAT rounds use a
copper liner). Though they could use reactive armour for the HEAR rounds.
One bit of news that does scare me is that Royal Ordnance might go out of the
Arty and tank round business, leaving Britain dependant of South Africa for
large calibre ammunition. Crazy. If they do close the factories they
government must, at the very least, buy them and mothball them. Not as good as
a sufficient stockpile but what western country has one of those?
Which reminds me, off topic but of interest. Gossip from an aircraft buff.
Apparently during the Falklands war a Vulcan diverted to South Africa. All but
essential personnel were kept out of the way and the Vulcan stayed there just
long enough to fix the problem.
The anti runway munitions used in the Gulf War did not work. The runway they
were tested on in Scotland was very weak, almost more like plaster than
concrete. Though the whole idea of flying over the runway is madness.
In a message dated 99-02-12 07:04:28 EST, you write:
<< 2. 2. I don't think tungsten, copper or depleted uranium are affected by
magnetic fields. So that makes it vulnerable to the more modern AT
rounds I can think off (assuming that self-forging and HEAT rounds use
a copper liner). Though they could use reactive armour for the HEAR rounds. >>
I think that I read some were that plasma can be effected by magnetic fields,
this could work agents DFFG, and other weapons that created an exsposhion.
-Stephen
> DracSpy wrote:
> I think that I read some were that plasma can be effected by magnetic
> exsposhion.
What I'm most interested in is: If you have magnetic "screens" strong
enough to deflect or defuse plasma, explosion-forged or kinetic
projectiles etc, and you don't use metallic armour - how do you stop
your screens from frying the tank's own electronics?
(Or maybe I should ask: "how do you stop your screens from physically
disabling the tank's own electronics?" <g>)
Later,
> On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, Nyrath the nearly wise wrote:
> Oerjan Ohlson wrote:
strong
> > enough to deflect or defuse plasma, explosion-forged or kinetic
or use optical computers. of course, if you have optical computers, incoming
missiles do too. however, i think we were talking about the use of magnetic
fields to deflect kinetic projectiles. at that kind of field strength, you
have to start worrying about other things, like the effect on the crew, the
problem of having lots of bits of metal stuck to your hull, the danger of the
coil exploding, etc.
Tom