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[R-DEV]Jaymz wrote: Not too fond of slowing them down to be honest, they currently travel at relatively realistic speeds.

Source: Lockheed Martin FGM-172 SRAW

Lockheed Martin FGM-172 SRAW

The SRAW (Short-Range Assault Weapon) program was begun by the U.S Marine Corps in 1987 as a replacement for existing unguided anti-armour rockets and grenades like the M72 LAW (Light Anti-Armour Weapon) and the M136 AT4. Between February 1990 and mid-1993, a demonstration/validation phase was conducted by several competing companies, with the first test firings occuring in 1991. In July 1994, the Predator design of Loral (now Lockheed Martin) was selected for the EMD (Engineering and Manufacturing Development) phase. It was not before 2006 that the official designation FGM-172A was assigned to the missile (before that, it was formally known as SRAW MK 40 MOD 0).

The FGM-172A is a small solid-fueled rocket powered missile, which is manually aimed and fired from an expendable shoulder launcher. The complete ready-to-fire system including missile and launcher weighs only 9.7 kg (21.4 lb). The motor is a "soft-launch" rocket with a low initial thrust, so that the weapon can be safely fired from enclosed positions. The SRAW is a fire-and-forget missile which can be used at ranges between 17 m (55 ft) and 600 m (2000 ft) against stationary and moving targets. During aiming, the SRAW's inertial reference autopilot detects the angular motion of the target, and during flight the autopilot directs the missile to a position above the predicted target location. The FGM-172A is armed with a downward-firing top-attack warhead (very similar to the BGM-71F TOW 2B), which is activated by a dual-sensor (laser & magnetic) fuze in the missile's nose.

[R-DEV]Jaymz wrote:The guidance systems have been improved for the patch. You will be able to start guiding them almost immediately after launch. Not too fond of slowing them down to be honest, they currently travel at relatively realistic speeds.

Keep in mind that in RL these weapons (well the SRAW anways) work on a "fire and forget" guidance system which is actually being discussed atm.

BloodBane611 wrote:Anyhow, a fully guided system would make it totally suck to play as a tanker in PR, and as realistic as it is, there have been very few situations where javelins have been used against tanks so far in combat, and not once have they been used against modern MBTs. So it's not easy to create a realistic model of it, since it has yet to happen.

[R-CON]CAS_117 wrote:IDF tanks took casualties against RPG-29 and KORNET equipped Hezbollah.

kilroy0097 wrote:One comment.

SRAW system. What is the maximum range of this system?
What is the optical range of the system?

My questions are based on if a target is sitting at 600m and the optics aren't all that good to see that target clear enough to guide the missile in, then what is the use of the optics?

Currently I find the optical zoom range severely limited when I'm attempting to use the Heavy AT weapon against a tank that is at 600m. Is there a way to put the GLAC type zoom (2 zoom options) in the SRAW optics?

Here is a detailed posting summary on the actual weapon.


So by that summary making it guide after 17m to a max range of around 600m with a range finder in the optics so you know optimal range. Also it says it's the replacement for M72 LAW (Light Anti-Armour Weapon). Does this mean that Rifleman AT should have this instead of the LAW they currently have now?

[R-DEV]Jaymz wrote:Nothing like running down to the local Iranian run food market and throwing some RPG-29s in yer trolley.

@ Rico : Curse you! Ya had to post that publicly and make the dev team look bad! *shakes fist* =P