ZASLON Results: Well to say the very least a bit of a disappointment.
Mon July 10, 2017 8:55pm
From: Me
To:
EDITED by request
Sir or Madam,
Good Morning! I just have a simple question concerning your ZASLON System. From having read your material, the following taken from your site caught my eye, "For detecting incoming threats, each round is fitted with a millimeter-wave radar sensor which continuously emits signals to 2.5m within an arc of 150o-180o in azimuth and -6o to +20o in elevation. Once a potential threat is detected, the system releases a dense cloud of fast-moving splinters in the trajectory path of the incoming threat, creating a 360o kill zone between the incoming threat and the host vehicle, while a
backup munition is automatically deployed ready to fire once the first round is disposed of." It appears to me just for clarification, that if a launchers sensor picks up a inbound threat to the platform it will fire one round that will provide that platform with a full
360 degree splinter cloud to protect it. The second round in that launcher would act as a back up to
any other threat basically from the same general area. So to summarize to counter an inbound threat/launcher fires
one round/it disperses a 360 degree "splinter cloud"/it destroys the inbound threat. Is this correct? If it is you have I must say, a very impressive system. I'm doing a little research on APS type systems for a game/weapons online forum and I just wanted to verify I am interpreting your system information correctly. Hopefully you can answer and or clarify this for me as I wish to post accurate information concerning the ZASLON System as long as it does not violate any classified information about it.
Thank You for any assistance you can provide and I hope you have a GREAT Day!
Regards,
Pat Conklin USN/SS Ret.
No reply, maybe they think me a Russian spy? Who knows!?!
Given what we have and if we trust the manufacturers (Remember they are trying to sell this system as well.) information we simply have to say a tank would have a minimum of four launchers a tank is a "
box" with four corners after-all.
Simply 4L x 2Ea = 8SC Shots. I believe the most shots any MBT has in the game is 3 in a EW rating for any defensive system onboard.
TROPHY I believe is at least an 8 shot system possibly as high as 12.
Do you see were this is heading? Some people every now and again will still complain about the artillery "routine" which has gotten much better over the years, but, can you imagine waiting on your tanks and those of your opponents going through the "
tank defensive routine" on top of that? After all what's the, though much rarer, complaint? The game takes too long.
The "capper" here for me as well is that my "worthy" opponent
AI has a distinct disadvantage that I enjoy especially since I believe in Logistics, it might wish it could enjoy it as well but, it can't.
I know (
Or think I know.)
very simply, that the supply routine will prioritize resupply my of main armament first based on a number of game conditions such as
Suppression etc. etc.
Allowing for "game time" every MBT so equipped (EW) should have a minimum of 2 and no more then 4. I actually feel across the board
4 would be ideal as some of the aerosol system can get up to 12 or more shots RW. And as discussed above for a APS type system such again, as
TROPHY. It would make it more of a challenge for everyone w/o sacrificing play ability.
As far as
ZASLON is concerned, from what's out there, it seems like a very good system overall.
The rest is just food for thought and I'll get a little European here, or the bin for the thought.
Probably screwed that up, it's OK!
A little news I'm tracking...
VIETNAM: Think
T-90S/SK (Command version.).
http://www.armyrecognition.com/july_..._10807172.html
This was confirmed by JANE'S 360, however they have
drastically cut down on their archival lifespan of those articles.
As late as June however they still were considering the
T-90MS. Why I try not to "
jump the gun" on these things.
http://www.armyrecognition.com/june_...840606161.html
UKRAINE: Industry in the the production of armor has been ramping up for sometime now, though it's nice to see fulfill their obligations to Thailand, it's what the first para says about Ukraine's own
OPLOT-M tanks that caught my eye.
Related: Pakistan and the Ukraine an "
old couple looking to find some
magic again" Simply beyond the current plans to upgrade the Pakistani
T-84UD tanks it looks like an
improved version of the OPLOT-M is on the "
near term" horizon.
http://defence-blog.com/army/ukraine...-pakistan.html
http://defence-blog.com/army/ukraini...deas-2016.html
Good Night!!
Regards,
Pat
