Scimitar Grills

[youR.Fate]

Hey

I have noticed that there are 2 types of the Scimitar on Fools Road, on with and one without the cage around it. Does the one with cage really take more RPG shots or is it just Design? And is it important where you hit the caged Scimitar with RPG?

Fate

[Corporal Cody]

I think its just design.... but I'm not really sure. I've never been hit by an RPG in one before

[[R-DEV]UK_Force]

In RL, it is known as RPG Caging, its idea is to stop/slow down the warhead (hence the distance's of the caging) prior to impact, and yes it does work to an extent


Heres a write up on it here


The interim slat armor solution forms a metal frame barrier 50 cm ahead of the APC. The cage detonate anti-tank shaped charge warheads such as RPG away from the vehicle and prevent its hot chemical reaction from boring through and causing burns, shock and shrapnel wounds. General Dynamics, the Stryker manufacturer, is also developing an add-on plate armor that will defeat RPGs, planned for deployment by 2005. The slat armor weighs about 5,200 pounds, about 3,000 pounds lighter than the add-on anti-RPG add-on armor plates. The idea behind the cage armor goes back to World War II and Vietnam. Troops in that war improvised with chicken wire and other means to counter the RPG threat.

In Iraq, Slat armor proved quite successful in defeating attacks of High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) of Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPGs). This type of armor is not effective Attacks by high explosive and fragmentation RPG rounds which explode before they hit the cage. In one mission, a Stryker vehicle, with slat armor, was attacked and hit with nine RPGs. The locations of the hits on the vehicle were sporadic. The crew escaped with minor injuries and the vehicle moved under its own power to the nearest operating base for assessment and repair. To improving protection for exposed crews, some units have built a wooden platform over the ramp to hold sand bags to protect the rear hatch. ammunition cans filled with sand were located around the gunners hatch.

While Slat armor does not significantly impact Stryker handling, off or on roads, during the dry season, the additional weight significantly impacts the handling and performance during the rainy season. The additional weight of the slat armor was not accounted for in the design of the Central Tire Inflation System (CTIS). The heavy oversized cage causes multiple problems for safe and effective operation of the vehicle.

Slat armor was initially deployed with US Army Stryker AFVs operating in Iraq. The British Army deployed similar protection to augment the armor of the Warrior AIFV. Similar modifications were performed on Australian Light Armored Vehicles.

[BloodBane611]

Slat Armor is meant to detonate an RPG away from the body of the vehicle, mainly by hitting the slats and detonating, or (and there's a picture of this somewhere, but I couldn't find it) catching the RPG between slats. But generally it is just detonated away from the hull. Of course vehicles with slat armor have some areas left uncovered, but those are generally the best armored and least easy to hit areas, or at least that is the goal.

[youR.Fate]

sorry you got me wrong, I wanted to know if it works in PR, not in RL.

Fate

[Sabre_tooth_tigger]

If the RPG hits the slat armour then it will do less damage then it would have otherwise. I think they achieve this by making the slat armour grade a very strong area, any attack on that area would be less effective then if it hits the tracks or whatever

Test it out yourself on single player, the amount of rpg should be noticable.


RPG attack to front of a T90 takes 7 to kill

rear armour its 4 only

[SleepyHe4d]

Originally Posted by youR.Fate

sorry you got me wrong, I wanted to know if it works in PR, not in RL.

Fate

It's okay, some people don't know how to read sadly.


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Yay for fair moderation, the post under mine is just as useless and unhelpful, at least mine is true. If it offends someone then maybe they should learn how to read. :\ Now watch me get banned for commenting on the moderation.

Don't be stupid, you won't get banned for that. You will, however, look like a prat: I warned you before the others posted - I could hardly have warned them at the same time.

What was irritating about your post and what earnt you the warning wasn't that it was spammy, but that it was insulting. There's simply no need to make personal remarks about others' ability to read, and certainly not when you're not making a more useful contribution to the thread yourself. You posted in here solely to critise others, not to add anything useful.

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Yeah you're right and I understand, I was being an arse and insulting with that comment. This isn't an excuse for my comment but just so you know I would take it as even more of an insult if someone starts explaining stuff to me like I don't know what I'm talking about when they didn't even take the time to understand my post. So yeah I was just bothered by it and felt like I had to retaliate for the op even if it was just a misunderstanding.

[ZaZZo]

It'd be cool if you could grill steaks on them.

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[billdan]

are MREs possible?


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[Deadmonkiefart]

Originally Posted by ZaZZo

It'd be cool if you could grill steaks on them.

wow...



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