![]() Indirect fire with Strix on a moving target is a mugs game. Nevertheless, since Strix can be fired from pretty much any 120mm mortar, I think it has substantial potential. ![]() Strix sales people will probably argue with a reduced logistical strain for the artillery when dealing with armored formations, and probably not pitch it as a tank substitute. 5 will still seriously disrupt an attacking mech/armor company. Given the 120mm caliber and the top attack profile however, even an active protection system may have trouble reducing the warhead's performance to a level that a passive armor array may still be able to stop.Įven a pK of just. PKill must be lower than that, of course, depending on the hit location. Strix fires a HEAT jet in its direction of travel, on impact. The M1A1 turret loadout with this system remains at the original 34 rounds. Ammunition, which is on an automated conveyor is accessed through a small hatch. Along those lines, a new type of ammo rack has been developed for the M1A1 which does away with the large sliding doors and the dividing bulkhead. However if the bulkhead dividing the two sides of the bustle rack is eliminated the number of rounds should be able to be increased. Caveat, the M1 turret side slopes outboard which is mirrored internally allowing more rounds lower in ammo rack (note the squareness of this turret). Also, the windsensor comes just about to the edge of the blowout panel when laid down, just as it does on the M1. Need to look at the two hatches, on the M1 the loaders hatch is just in board of the outer edge of the blowout panel, just as it is on this vehicle. The blow out panel is just about the same size as the two, or three, on the M1s. Sorry, but unless this atrocity is even larger than it looks, I just don't see a place for 44 rounds in this bustle (look at the width of blow-out pannel for a real size of the bustle w/o external boxes and racks):
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