• NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    how effective are these in general? The drone still explodes, but now it’s maybe 3 feet away kinda thing.

    Does it still take damage and can it hurt them, but it reduces the risk a lot, or is the tank able to brush off a detonation a few feet away?

    • IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz
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      7 hours ago

      My very much armchair-general -level understanding is that they do work against simple detonation-on-impact -drones, as long as there’s only few. The tank armor can brush off the shrapnel from explosion (crew might need new boxers and/or pants) but once there’s a hole in that afro the second (or third or…) drone can use that hole and get to the meaty bits. Or a skilled FPV operator can find a existing gap and use that.

      So that does more than nothing, but ideally tank should have infantry support to keep drones and individual enemies with a bazooka away from it.

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        2 hours ago

        If you’re taking on a tank with gunfire, you’ll notice a problem real quick. The barbs there are meant to detonate anti tank rockets and missiles, too. The best way to take these out is mines or armor of your own.