Austrasien wrote:Shanghai industrial complex wrote:WTF....
Ukrainians say the detector has a working distance of 14.5km.I'm sure it doesn't belong in this position.
https://www.ecamsecure.com/blog/thermal ... rformance/
It is a SACLOS missile. The sight tracks the missile in flight to generate guidance commands. The new optics ball is in the same place as the old sight. Where else would it be?
I think maybe the comment was referring to how out of place it looks on the vehicle, rather than advocating siting it somewhere else. However as I said earlier if it was painted the same olive green colour then it wouldn't look out of place, as I think it is the colour alone that is having that effect.