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Originally Posted by opendoor
Yeah, it's crazy seeing videos of handheld infrared-guided weapons reliably taking out tanks and aircraft. One person and a Javelin or Stinger can easily take out a $3M tank or helicopter.
And even the cruder weapons are insane in their capability and how they remove some of the advantages of tanks/APCs. I saw a video of a few Ukrainian soldiers taking out part of a convoy with a Ukrainian-designed anti-tank guided missile system. Basically the people controlling it were in a forest with a laptop-type controller, well away from the road. They were picking off vehicles with guided missiles, all controlled by the laptop. They were in and out in about 2-3 minutes and took out a whole section of the convoy. Basically guerilla war tactics but done somewhat remotely.
Not to mention the Turkish drones they're using.
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There was a picture from a couple days into the war with that Ukrainian system you're describing, the data was all in Arabic and they still managed to kill a tank on a bridge. Manufacturer replied to the tweet with instructions how to switch the language on start up. Insanely easy to use I guess.