TBA Multi-Dart 100 AB
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Description
The TBA Multi-Dart 100 AB (Anti-Blindé, Anti-Armor), is a 100 mm, air launched, hypersonic rocket. It's carries an array of six sub-caliber darts. Each of these darts is, in and of itself, a small kinectic penetrator, capable of piercing 80mm of armor. The darts are dispatched automatically by explosion of the mother-rocket and spread in a cone, in the same way as the pellets from a shotgun.
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
General info
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Effective damage
The mother-rocket doe not do any damage to any target.
Each dart, after penetration, only rely on the fragmentation of the dart body, and the penetrated armor fo achieve damage. In that sense, the damage output of each dart is low, but as each rocket carries six darts, the damage is multiplied, and occurs on multiple points.
Comparison with analogues
This weapon system has no current analogue, with an exception on the Starstreak missile, which even himself is only remotely linked by it's submunition warhead.
Usage in battles
The TBA Multi-Dart 100 AB's penetration is not sufficient to penetrate front, or even side hulls and turrets of modern MBT's, but can easily shred light vehicles. Top attacks are, though, devastating on any target, often disabling multiple key components, and more often than not, killing or maiming most of the crew. The spread of the darts also gives a small margin of error, as even in the event of a miss, one or two darts might still hit and damage a side of the target vehicle.
Pros and cons
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Pros:
- Extremely fast rocket
- Sub-munition dispatching
- very exotic anti-tank capabilities
Cons:
- Each dart yields moderate post-pen damage
- Might require a top attack, where the modern SPAA vehicles carry radar guided guns and missiles.
History
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See also
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