Re: Javelin ATGM
About the range, maybe someone has better info on that, but I'm wondering if the diffenrece between the "2000m operational range" and "2500m manufacturer advertising range" doesn't account for the top-attack routine?
I mean, I've been looking at the FM you quote, Weeble, and the stress in clearly on top-attack armor engagement, and it is pretty certain that the high trajectory and furthermore the sharp dive into attack use lots of fuel and reduce the speed drastically. IMO that would account for the range reduction, apart from the fact that the guys firing it are certainly instructed to fire under the max range because of the weird trajectory a missile can have with two drops of fuel left.
And since this very missile is F&F, there is no one to correct its flight path manually, let alone direct the attack dive.
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