±Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

±User Info-big


Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: HighestAce
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 6648

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 128
Total: 128
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Community Forums
02: Community Forums
03: Photo Gallery
04: Home
05: Downloads
06: Downloads
07: Home
08: Home
09: Community Forums
10: Home
11: Photo Gallery
12: Community Forums
13: Photo Gallery
14: Photo Gallery
15: Community Forums
16: Photo Gallery
17: Home
18: Home
19: Photo Gallery
20: Community Forums
21: Photo Gallery
22: Community Forums
23: CPGlang
24: Community Forums
25: Home
26: Photo Gallery
27: Community Forums
28: Community Forums
29: Home
30: Home
31: CPGlang
32: Photo Gallery
33: Community Forums
34: Community Forums
35: Community Forums
36: Community Forums
37: Community Forums
38: Member Screenshots
39: Community Forums
40: Home
41: Photo Gallery
42: Community Forums
43: Home
44: Community Forums
45: Community Forums
46: Search
47: Community Forums
48: Community Forums
49: Community Forums
50: Community Forums
51: Home
52: Photo Gallery
53: Home
54: Community Forums
55: Community Forums
56: Community Forums
57: Community Forums
58: Home
59: Community Forums
60: Community Forums
61: Community Forums
62: Community Forums
63: Photo Gallery
64: Member Screenshots
65: Your Account
66: Home
67: Home
68: Community Forums
69: Community Forums
70: Community Forums
71: Community Forums
72: Photo Gallery
73: Search
74: Community Forums
75: Community Forums
76: CPGlang
77: Member Screenshots
78: Community Forums
79: Member Screenshots
80: Community Forums
81: Community Forums
82: Community Forums
83: Community Forums
84: Community Forums
85: Community Forums
86: Home
87: Community Forums
88: Community Forums
89: Community Forums
90: Community Forums
91: News Archive
92: Home
93: Community Forums
94: Home
95: Community Forums
96: Community Forums
97: Community Forums
98: Community Forums
99: Member Screenshots
100: Community Forums
101: Home
102: Photo Gallery
103: Community Forums
104: Community Forums
105: Community Forums
106: Downloads
107: Community Forums
108: CPGlang
109: News
110: Community Forums
111: Community Forums
112: CPGlang
113: Downloads
114: Community Forums
115: Community Forums
116: Home
117: Downloads
118: Home
119: Community Forums
120: Community Forums
121: Community Forums
122: Home
123: Community Forums
124: Community Forums
125: Community Forums
126: Home
127: CPGlang
128: Community Forums

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
Video-LOSAT taking out an M60 at White Sands
The AFV ASSOCIATION was formed in 1964 to support the thoughts and research of all those interested in Armored Fighting Vehicles and related topics, such as AFV drawings. The emphasis has always been on sharing information and communicating with other members of similar interests; e.g. German armor, Japanese AFVs, or whatever.
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page     Forum Index ›  AFV News Discussion Board

View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
MarkHolloway
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Apr 08, 2006
Posts: 2054
Location: Beatty, Nevada
PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:10 am
Post subject: Video-LOSAT taking out an M60 at White Sands

www.liveleak.com/view?...1174091000

_________________
"TUMBLEWEED"
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Photo Gallery
Chris_C
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 29, 2006
Posts: 214
Location: WV, USA
PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:22 pm
Post subject: Re: Video-LOSAT taking out an M60 at White Sands

Interesting, thanks. Any speculation if that was a representative result of a LOSAT strike? Or was the tank loaded with a large pile of explosives to simulate an ammo load like in the Javelin T-72 video?
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Visit poster's website
MarkHolloway
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Apr 08, 2006
Posts: 2054
Location: Beatty, Nevada
PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:23 pm
Post subject: Re: Video-LOSAT taking out an M60 at White Sands

I thought too that it was a rather large explosion. Neutral

_________________
"TUMBLEWEED"


Last edited by MarkHolloway on Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:45 pm; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Photo Gallery
Roy_A_Lingle
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 1997
Location: El Paso & Ft Bliss, Texas
PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:24 am
Post subject: Re: Video-LOSAT taking out an M60 at White Sands

Hi Folks!

It looks to me like most of the fire ball is on the outside of the hull where the missle hit. Could it possible be the remaining fuel in the missle is causing that fire ball?

If I remember the T72 hit, the hull had been packed and it did look more like a movie hit. These one doesn't look that way to me.

Thanks Mark! My 2 cents,
Sgt, Scouts out!

_________________
"You can never have too much reconnaissance."
General G.S. Patton Jr.
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
Joe_D
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 29, 2006
Posts: 2067
Location: Razorback Country
PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:41 am
Post subject: Re: Video-LOSAT taking out an M60 at White Sands

Mark,

Are you showing the destruction of M60's just for me?????

Ouch.

I think the tank was loaded up with something. LOSAT is basically a inert projectile with a Very Very high speed, depending on Kinitic energy to destroy targets. If you look carefully the cupola blows upward off the turret from an internal explosion. I don't think the rocket motor would do that, even though the target range is very short for this missle. The penetrator would tend to slice through the turret, much like a APFSDS round. The hit was from the rear oblique from what I could tell, a much thinner armored area on the tank. That turret lifted off. I don't think the steel would maintain it's resistance long enough for that projectile to pull it off like that before tearing through.

As Roy says, "My 2 cents worth"

Joe D
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
warddw
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 24

PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:17 pm
Post subject: Re: Video-LOSAT taking out an M60 at White Sands

The tank was unloaded...I worked on this pgm...
Back to top
View user's profile
bsmart
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 23, 2006
Posts: 2523
Location: Central Maryland
PostPosted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:57 am
Post subject: Re: Video-LOSAT taking out an M60 at White Sands

- warddw
The tank was unloaded...I worked on this pgm...


Welcome back I haven't seen you around here for a while.

_________________
Bob Smart ([email protected])
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
Joe_D
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 29, 2006
Posts: 2067
Location: Razorback Country
PostPosted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:50 am
Post subject: Re: Video-LOSAT taking out an M60 at White Sands

The tank was unloaded...I worked on this pgm...


Wow,

That's quite awesome power to do that. I guess Roy's fireball deduction is dead on. IIRC the video clip said target range was about 900 meters so there'd be quite a bit of fuel left. My brother worked with the program sorta. Shame it is no more.

Joe D
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
warddw
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 24

PostPosted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:52 am
Post subject: Re: Video-LOSAT taking out an M60 at White Sands

- bsmart
- warddw
The tank was unloaded...I worked on this pgm...


Welcome back I haven't seen you around here for a while.


Thanks Mate...

Been a busy time! My ordnance collection has grown by leaps and bounds though - just never enough time to restore everything that I already have never mind the new stuff...
Back to top
View user's profile
warddw
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 24

PostPosted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:53 am
Post subject: Re: Video-LOSAT taking out an M60 at White Sands

- Joe_D
The tank was unloaded...I worked on this pgm...


Wow,

That's quite awesome power to do that. I guess Roy's fireball deduction is dead on. IIRC the video clip said target range was about 900 meters so there'd be quite a bit of fuel left. My brother worked with the program sorta. Shame it is no more.

Joe D


I agree - the army keeps wanting to find a way to ignore physics and put a gallon in quart jar...they had it right the first time IMHO...
Back to top
View user's profile
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index ›  AFV News Discussion Board
Page 1 of 1
All times are GMT - 6 Hours



Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You cannot download files in this forum