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- From: Bruce Burden <bruceb@devnull.mpd.tandem.com>
- Subject: Re: The use of unguided rockets in WWII
- Message-ID: <Bxo0wD.5pw@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: Tandem Computers (MPD) Austin, TX
- References: <BxGrsF.75K@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 17:36:13 GMT
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- From Bruce Burden <bruceb@devnull.mpd.tandem.com>
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- In article <BxGrsF.75K@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> anthony@cs.uq.oz.au (Anthony Lee) writes:
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- >From Anthony Lee <anthony@cs.uq.oz.au>
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- >Recently, in one of the threads, there is a mention of the
- >use of unguided rockets as air-to-surface weapons, in particular
- >to attack tanks. My question, is how do the pilots aim these
- >weapons, since they are unguided ?
- >--
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- The trick was to point the airplane in the approximate direction,
- then carry enough rockets to get the job done. Once the rockets were
- launched, there was no guarantee that the rocket would go straight.
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- The problem with unguided rockets is not limited to WWII, either.
- Note that the rocket pods used in Korea and Vietnam carried many
- projectiles as well, and are aimed the same way: point the airplane
- (or, in Vietnam, point the helicopter).
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- Bruce
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