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[Marthix]

You're all wrong. Inert round means it doesn't explode... =\

[MavericKLongRange]

NE means Novel Explosive and it is a thermobaric warhead - just one of the rockets the SMAW uses. Other examples include: HEDP(High Explosive Duel Purpose); HEAA(High Explosive Anti Armor); FTG(Follow-Through Grenade - a tandem warhead); HEDP-CS(Confined Space- can be fired from a room). This was probably a CPR(Common Practice Round) for training.

[ostmash]

Are the projectiles rocket proppeld or is it a greanade like the at-4 and Carl gustav 84mm?

[MorganKeyes]

@MorganKeyes Used up to AN/PVS-14's, a monocole sight, and we have IR lights on them as well. While most we deal with today aren't using night vision themselves, it is good to have an independent source of IR light for those times you may face an opponent with their own NVG's who can spot the source of an IR light. Rather have an IR 'candle' overhead then mark my own location. Normally keep my own IR light off except for cave crawling.

[bluecollarcanuck]

@MorganKeyes Got it. I've tried the Canadian issue NVGs, & they had a decent IR floodlight mode. Don't know what you've had issued in the field, or used before, but SureFire makes a rechargeable floodlight for things like the M240, & it comes with IR filters.

[MorganKeyes]

@bluecollarcanuck Ah yes,...I forgot about the cannister as well. One thing with an IR illum round is like the difference between a regular flashlight and a regular illum round. IR illum's will reveal a much larger area for those under NVG goggles, while leaving those without night vision still scrambling in the dark. Basicly it steps up the available illumination for the goggles, thus increasing their range, without increasing ambient light.

[bluecollarcanuck]

@MorganKeyes Thx; that IR Illum round's a new one; I hear tell there's now a canister round for the Gustav (?). Wonder if they wouldn't just use IR-only lights by SureFire in the field instead.

[MorganKeyes]

@bluecollarcanuck Lesse,...for the Carl Gustav I've also seen smoke and illumination rounds, HE, and HEDP warheads. Given that the Rangers have introduced an IR Illumination round for mortars I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't as Bofors for one for the M3 MAAWS as well. I heard some rumors of an "over caliber" HEAT round in the 105mm range, but that seems a hard thing to pull off with the Carl Gustav as opposed to something like an RPG (be a damn long rod and shoved down the barrel to work).

[bluecollarcanuck]

@MorganKeyes Wondering, on that note, if you know any more about what the Carl Gustav 84mm has for new rounds, if any. (It's been about 10 years since I last fired one). The last I heard, it used the standard RAP, TP-RAP, HEAT, and dual purpose increased-range warheads. Thx.

[MorganKeyes]

@bluecollarcanuck It's in the same family. Unlike the M72, it is reloadable so you can give it more elaborate sights (since you're not going to throw it away). And the SMAW was also optimized for destruction of bunkers, so it has a more pronounced "behind armor effect" then a conventional HEAT warhead. IOW, in creates ALOT more fragmentation and blast behind the covering "armor" to take out sheltering infantry. So it is a better choice for fights in built up conditions like urban fights.

[bluecollarcanuck]

@MorganKeyes Isn't this similar to the M72, where most of the propellant charge is used to launch the warhead before the rocket motor ignites?

[2gs900]

@crazybiscut rocket launcher