The skin on an armored vehicle is usually thinnest on top of the vehicle. A warhead designed to detonate just above the vehicle is extremely effective.
The NLAW steers along a curve depending on how fast the shooter turned before firing. The target sensors are an induction loop that detects metal, and a lidar (light dtection and ranging). The lidar measures distace to ground. When a ground contour that matches a vehicle and the induction loop detects metal, the missile will detonate It doesn't matter if you coat the tank in nonferrous alloys, the magnetic field surrounding the missile will be affected by the rest of the tank.
Could a tank be fitted with equipment that projects an electro magnetic field capable of prematurely detonating the projectile? Same thing with the lidar.. Could you flood it with light so that it's not able to detect the contour of the vehicle to trigger the detonation?
@@MarkLada Hardkill countermeasures like the Trophy APS are likely cheaper than creating a new system and more effective. Just detect and shoot the incoming rocket out of the air with another explosive
@@frankdevo5715 The hard kill is not effective at close range though.. If the projectile detonates too close to the tank it will knock it off line.. Then the next projectile kills the tanks.. Or if the enemy fires multiple projectiles at the same time the hard kill systems can only pick up one.. I'm thinking of something like a force field shield straight out of scifi movies.. Just turn it on and forget about it.. If a missile gets to close to the tank it blows up before it's close enough to hurt the tank..
One of the best features of the NLAW is that it work completely different form the javelin. Making almost impossible for designers to build tank armour resistant to both
A Missile hitting the top of the tank? And an air burst above the tank? Are effectively the same endgame, you’re taking advantage of the weakness of the top of the tank. If the tank is strong enough to resist a javelin? It’s strong enough to resist this. Your comment isn’t grounded in reality. But with a username like yours, really what else should we have expected.
The majority of the damage comes from the bits of armour and the bits of the penetrating copper jet that starts to bounce around inside like bullets, but hot enough to ignite anything that will burn. The overpressure is not enough to kill under normal circumstances (+1 bar,
The missile arms at 20m, when the booster lights up. At that time two optical sensors start scanning the ground it flies over and an active inductor starts transmitting. When it detects electromagnetic fluctuations in the magnetic field just after a height differential that suggests a tank-shape it will calculate where on the tank it is and when it should fire to get as close to the center as possible. The Warhead is a 120mm shaped charge. It WILL go through and dig a hole under the tank.
@@jakobgossett1624 It´s a EFP projectile. EFP generally has low penetration values in comparison to HEAT, but on the flipside it doesn´t care about ERA.. There´s only 30mm armor on top of a T-72 and 16mm on the bottom. You only need a 50 mm diameter EFP for that.
@@s4ss bro I see something wrong in the video when the missile exploded if the shaped charge penetrates the tank you gonna see smoke come out of the barrel of the tunk but you can see no smoke come out
Speed of the shaped charge metal jet: over 20 kilometers per second. Reactive armor doesn't have time to react, metal jet has already passed when it starts exploding. Crazy good - and as you probably have seen, the "Putin's Cuck Shed" on top of the turrets seems to be absolutely ineffective against this menace. This penetrates over 500mm of composite armor. It means that if the MBT gun is loaded and this hits the turret then the gun lock will explode. Humans vaporize too and the overpressure inside the MBT cause chain reaction explosion. There are practically no recognizable human remains if you are in a tank and get hit by NLAW. Russian tankers and other soldiers: go home and do not enlist. This awaits you everywhere in the civilized countries. There are more NLAWs, JAVELINs and other antitank killers in our stocks than your rotten industry can ever pump out. It is not worth it. You are not defending anyone else than Putin if you fight.
imho the option for Ukraine to join NATO/EU shouldn't even have been brought on the table. 8 years ago if you asked any European if they considered Ukraine a European country they'd be like 'fuck no', but a coup by some dudes literally called 'right sector' and instigated by whomever funded that group(I'll let you guess), suddenly they are the bastion of democracy. It's a joke, they just switched one corrupt puppet for another and that dude messed up so bad he plunged the country into a hot conflict. The signs were there from 2007 that the situation in Ukraine would go to shit with Yanukovich gaining power. Ukraine was doing fine till then or at least it was getting better. This is the result of puppet leaders and how they ruin countries, and people are powerless to do anything about it because when they realize it it's too late and some don't even ever realize or want to accept it. Btw, don't get me wrong, I like the fact I have access to weapons that will help me not see myself to the business end of a T-92, just don't want to pretend I am having the moral or ethical right after allowing the people at the top play ping pong with a small country against the Russians.
It's funny to see how the military adapt to battlefield threats. The US slapped cages around their armored vehicle to deter simple RPGs. Humvees are replaced with MRAPs that can better withstand roadside bombs. The Israeli developed the TROPHY system to defend against any types of anti tanks munitions. Russian tanks have turret cages because they'll be facing a lot of high-tech anti-tank missile systems. I can see the cages on American vehicle are decent enough to defend against RPGs but I have my doubts with Russian turret cage's effectiveness against dedicated tank killing missiles.
@@Natsukashii-Records Ukrainian revolution in 2014 was not just a "right wing coup" or "CIA coup", despite what Russian propaganda says. People in Ukraine were genuinely fed up with corruption and traitors serving Russian interests. Right wing parties were just most visible in civil militias formed during revolution, but there were no "Nazis" that had significant influence on new Ukrainian government. Russian propaganda is using "Nazi" name everytime the Ukrainians try to suggest they are separate nation from Russia. Ukraine was actually a very big field of special operations, but not CIA ones - Russian ones. Since 1991, russians were trying to make sure to corrupt as much politicans and important figures in Ukraine as they could, to keep Ukraine both economically and militarly weak, because in paranoia of Russian rulers, countries in Russian neighborhood must be weak, instead Russia is "endangered".
@@cytrynowy_melon6604 lol if you think any coup has ever happened in history because 'some dudes got fed up' then you have major malfunctions that no amount of studying will resolve. There is no a single revolution, coup, or otherwise regime change, that a foreign power didn't have a hand in. Absolutely not, due to the fact that in all regimes there is a status quo. That is, people with a lot of money and power at the top which you'll need to topple. And all those people have armies which will fight for them no matter how wrong it seems for you. Be it soldiers, militias, police forces, etc. People NEVER win unless controlled by an organization, which usually does the logistics too, and to do all that you either need experienced people trained for just that, and funding to get weapons and everything you need. By the way, some right wing nazi came out recently, real big boy in Ukraine's paramilitary and Tarasenko's close friend Yevhen Karas came out and literally spilled out, GLOATED, about how the Euro-maidan protests would be a gay parade without the nazis. He admitted he killed people, that he loves killing and war, and there are several reports of literal crimes against humanity that dude has committed, yet he was also part of the Azov. So, riddle me this dude. If Putin is a liar why was that dude never prosecuted and I see him giving interviews and laughing about inciting civil unrest and a coup and then taking part in literal war crimes for 8 years straight. You can literally search on twitter: "Watch Yevhen Karas the leader of Ukraine's neo-Nazi terror gang C14's speech from Kiev earlier this month. Straight from the horses' mouth, he dispels the many narratives" Simply look up what the shit actually happened before you pretend to know everything just because you eat what they feed you without question. I don't disagree that Russia had their own puppet govt. in Ukraine, not from 1991 but from 2007, but that aside, why is that a bad thing? At least he didn't start a war like US's puppets did. Because the only way to drive Russia out of Crimea(and Ukraine's oil) is to start a humanitarian incident. Because any other way the US could conceivably do to push them out is a hot conflict. And that would mean the danger of nukes being used. And hopefully US isn't composed by total psychos but sleepy Joe never ceases to amaze me with his dumb choices. So, the only possible way to get Russia out is draw them into a hot conflict with Ukraine, pretend it's a humanitarian crisis to throw the economic book at them and make it not worth sticking there for the oil. Simple as that. And before you start talking more bullshit about why would US do that, remember all the other places US had a hand in and where their oil has gone. Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, South America. And go on Wikipedia and type 'US involvement in regime change' and tell me who the fuck are we to tell Russia not to put a puppet govt. in one country when our list needs an excel sheet. Cut the fucking bullshit, the whole war happened because US wouldn't back down and threw Ukrainian people in the meatgrinder for a photo-op of 'look Russia bad' when they've been doing this shit for decades and as we can see now, they still are. With the most robust propaganda machine and useful idiots like yourself denying reality, LITERALLY WATCHING IT WITH YOUR OWN EYES and calling it Russian propaganda. Go support your nazi friends you fucking zombie. I'm good. And on the next conflict US starts I hope you send thoughts and prayers in that poor country too and ask for the US to be removed from SWIFT.
Thank you SAAB, for both making tasteful vehicles and weapons that turn Russian armor into swiss cheese with the same kind of ferocity as your awesome tv commercials.
Swiss cheese? Where do you live boy? Definitely not in Ukraine. All the thing I see, is that Ukrainian military is getting fucked, and I LIVE in Kiev, you westerners have no idea of what is happening here, you just listen to propaganda, while drinking your fucking Starbucks
@Brett Rose некую вторгшуюся страну? Не ваши ли политики развязали всё это дерьмо. Русские действуют на перёд. Так как выхода им к сожалению не оставили. И ваши каналы новостей показывают полную чушь. Подумайте над этим. Украина бомбила донбас и лнр 8 лет. Вашим оружием. Сколько можно терпеть это дерьмо? Команды всу и нацисткие батальёны убили 15000 человек мирного населения и русских и украинцев. Не подскажите кто за всем этим стоит?
AugmentedGravity is the warhead really facing down the missile? I mean, like Javelin for example, the missile would dive onto the target, but this one just fly over the target and explode. Dose the shape charge can be facing anywhere it wanted?
just a crow yeah I already know that the top of the tanks is the least protected. I just wonder about the warhead of this missile in particular. It's HEAT right? Then in my understanding, HEAT warhead, when they explode, the direction of the explosive will be linear to whichever it's cone shaped warhead aimed. So my question is, does the warhead facing down or the shaped charge is to powerful that the sideway explosion effect enough to penetrate the tanks top
Ulfric Stormcloak usually how top attack missiles work when they explode above the target is sending an EFP (explosively formed penetrator) to the top of the target.
@@ulfricstormcloak7142 Yes they have a shaped charge facing down. Search for SAAB's "Bill2 presentation" video. As AugmentedReality said, the ignorance in this comment section is baffling. None really answered your question.
Teresa Shinkansen thank you so much! Finally the answer that really answered my curiosity. The shaped charges in that Bill 2 system are placed horizontally.
A video about anti-tank weaponry showing up in my suggested feed for the first time since it was created alllllll the way back in 2008. I can't begin to imagine what world events may have suddenly made this relevant. Do you have any ideas, Putin? "Nyet."
@@eljefeamericano4308 я стесняюсь спросить, где это вы всё видите на своих продажных каналах? Объясняю. 98% информации это ложь во спасение. Жертвы всегда есть никто не спорит с этим. Печально очень.
The updated version will actually send multiple offensive text harrassment via cell phone to the tank crew minutes before impact, and will be called the MOTHANLAW
Remember, in the field, a tank has munitions, and fuel on board. that makes a big difference in what happens after the missile initiates its shaped charge warhead.
Both usually carry Shaped Charged HEAT warheads. The TOW is a wire-guided system where the missile goes where the operator manning the launcher is pointing, using an optic. It is a reusable system that is not man portable. The NLAW is basically an advanced replacement for systems like the LAW-66 or 72. It is a disposable one-shot launcher, that can detonate above the target and send a jet of molten metal straight down. It is man portable.
"The Soldiers' Tank Killer" As opposed to the "Baker's Tank Killer" or the "Grocery Checkout Clerks' Tank Killer"? Wasn't aware there were different models....
SAAB started out as an aircraft and military materiel factory. The acronym comes from the full name "Svenska Aeroplan AB"; "Swedish Aeroplane, Inc." After WWII they became well-known for their cars. AFAIK only the car industry section has gone under and SAAB still produces military materiel.
@@7.62highvelocity9 Since the collapse of Yugoslavia, Serbs are looking for work in the more successful Croatia, Slovenia and Montenegro. The same will happen to Russia.
@@user-rf8fx5yi2j don't you know where Serbia is ??? That's somewhere deep in middle Africa. The place where the mentality of SOME people stopped in middle ages thanks to Ottoman Empire 500 years of occupation and no will for freedom and independence of SOME locals, full of russian trolls.
Very happy to see, that many people like to watch some of our tanks and crews are burning. After that comment section, i think we do something right. Just to remind you, i think NLAW works versus NATO tanks as well:) I m not hinting on anything ofc...
@@bradenpavey4944 really wanna see, how you army will work for 2 weeks in big country like Ukraine. And something tells me that ukr army dont have many possibilities to counterattack🤔
@@valiant8730 I'm just saying if Russia is not doing well against a country like that then something is seriously wrong. For one their logistics, Russian soidlers asking for food and gas. Two, Russian soilders literally being used as cannon fodder, not knowing they were being sent to the front lines. Three, soilders just up and quitting, abandoning their stations. And lastly, their economy is in shables. m8 Russia is fucked 💀
If this is what an anti-tank weapon can do, imagine what a pro-tank weapon could accomplish... Imagine being able to shoot destroyed tanks and instantly restore them for further use... Introducing the rescue ranger
Танк не оборудован защитой. Стоит голый корпус без внешней защиты. Таким образом можно поразить любой танк. В реальном бою, где танк оборудован динамической защитой, он двигается, повредить его не так просто, как на видео.
top-down HEAT charges are very effective because the armor is the thinnest on the topof the tank as well as even thinner on the bottom, hence AT mines can also do a lot of damage.
To keep the weight down. Many anti-tank weapons have over 700mm of armor penetration. You simply cannot feasibly give a tank all around armor that thick.
You don't need 700mm of armour all around the tank, as things like ERA can protect most angles from HEAT warheads without adding too much weight. Only problem is is that if another rocket hits the same part it will go straight through.
@bruh wdym? Most plates during WW2 didn't go past 100mm, the German heavies (Using them because they were the most over the top not best) had their largest page at 180mm on the King Tiger. Edit: Just realised you meant the armour type, not the thickness.
@@cookiecraze1310 HEAT anti tank weapons can go right through ERA before it has a chance to explode outwards. This is why russian tanks are getting destroyed by (nearly) untrained militia in Ukraine, these weapons are extremely effective and are foolproof.
NLAW was born in Sweden, and so was also grandduchesse Iryna of Kyiv-Rus. A late descendant might be Bodil Bergström in ex music group Timoteij... 😇 #val2022
Used my first one two days ago. Absolute beauty. That ruskie active armor did not even deploy. We use them well, thank you. One shot and 3 kebabs on an open grille.
Just like mercenaries from all over the European Union like to wake up from the arrival of a cruise missile instead of an alarm clock. Although some choose to sleep longer :D
Sales team: "Let's film a scenario where the crew sits on top of all the ammunition so the whole turret blows off. That's definitely gonna sell some product." Experts: "Nobody's gonna be that goddamn stupid!" 2022: "Wait.... what?"
@@user-fv1xj3xf1z как видишь. С тех пор уже более 12 000 российско-фашистских оккупантов бурно аплодируют Кабзону в аду! И их там с каждым днем все больше.
@@rachegreenrg YES !!! The Russian APS will take out incoming 120mm APFSDS Rounds travelling at 1800ms in flight .....thats reality . Javelins travelling at 300 ms are bread and butter . These systems are not fully deployed yet .
As a Swede I am proud that our weapon is used by good guys fighting for their freedom. And it also fun to see that it come to effective use. I wish you good luck with your hunting and stay safe.
Без видео оборудования, антенн, радара, активной защиты и других прибамбасов современная боевая машина получает даунгрейд лет эдак на 80 и становится слепой 122-х миллиметровой пушкой приделанной к бульдозеру. Подойти к этой пушке сложно будет только спереди. А если тряпки и спички метать из гранатомета, то ближе чем на 400 - 500 метров походить и не придется.
First off, the weapon is designed for short range. this gives the defence systems short time to react. Second, the doctrine is to fire several missiles at the same tank. Most antimissile systems have only one charge for a specific angle, meaning that even if it takes missile one and two the third will hit.
I really appreciate this being recommended to me 14 years later because of the Russian invasionbof Ukraine where Ukraine has been heavily using European supplied NLAWs against Russian armor to great effect
@TuAFFalcon Thanks. I'm quite surprised that it causes such a small hole in the light armour of the apc, but causes such massive damage on the inside. all crew members would be reduced to red paste.
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VPI4AV5rDxg.html Хорошее вооружение, вот прям отличное, Азовцам аж кричать вслед уезжающему танку приходится, чтобы добить)
One thing I find interesting is that the Russians have known about this flaw on their tanks for a while now, their solution is to have a rebar cover welded onto the turret.
Ah, so the NLAW wouldn't be able to destroy Western tanks just as well? Every tank is weak at the top of the turret and can be destroyed with this system.
@@isthismyfinalform169 well they have the kornet ATGM, which mind you is pretty dam good. And to the original commenter, no the rebar cover was not their solution to NLAWs and Javelins, it was a counter to smaller munitions like RPGs fired from the top of buildings which it CAN stop. The reason they did this was because they got a bloody nose in the Chechen war where the Chechens wiped out a bunch of tanks from the rooftops
@@mfree80286 it’s not necessarily wrong, they are in more or less a Chechen war situation. Plagued with bad logistics against a very gritty enemy that despite being smaller and not as well equipped, possessing far superior knowledge of their territory and thus a tactical advantage, while the Russians rely excessively on their multiple rocket launchers and other artillery. If you are in a situation where you have a huge tank and artillery force with a comparatively small Air Force this is probably the only viable option they have.
Sweden bought a lot of T-72s from East Germany around the time of the German unification. To use for testing and target practice. So it is the highest quality the Soviets could make, not the crap versions like the tanks Iraq had.
SAAB investors: So what's your business model? SAAB: Well we are going to build some really nice cars......oh and Bob here wants to build a device to destroy tanks.
The hearts of the Swedish people is siding with team yellow blue and Mazepa against Russia. I hope you win this war. Morally you have already won. And your poor country with an army of untrained civilians have inflicted heavy losses and humiliated one of the most powerful armies in the world. That is worthy of an enormous amount of respect. Respect for your skillful defence. And respect for your patriotism, self-sacrifice and courage. People around the world feel deeply touched by ukrainians bravery in this time with almost hopeless odds.
@Rangerfull3 Saab Automobiles and Saab are two completely different brands having separated a long time ago. Saab however is doing magnificent and is definitely not filing for bankruptcy. BAE used to hold a large share in Saab but got sold off to Swedes, making Saab an entirely swedish company again which among things, owns Bofors. With Gripens, advanced radar systems and the weapon systems together with Bofors, they make up for a huge local/export-market of defense-systems
Its a top attack missile, it flys over the tank and fires its shaped charge down. Reason being tanks weakest armour is always on top so hit that insted of the sides
