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Originally Posted by Raellus
Anti-tank guns aren't necessarily "antique" weapons, but by the mid-to-late 1990s, most modern militaries had moved on from them and were employing ATGMs, exclusively, to do the job.
It's 2022 and Ukraine needs all of the AT capability it can muster. They're dusting off another oldie-but-goody,
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...anti-tank-guns
I've done some research on AT guns for T2k (I think they'd be back in widespread by year 2 of the Twilight War), but somehow I missed that this one has a radar to see through smoke and dust on the battlefield.
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Do not forget the 2A45 SPRUT(Kraken or Octopus) B towed 125mm AT gun. This is erroneously called the Rapira III in the Twilight rules (Rapira is the name of the cannon which is fitted to a number of tanks and field guns). The Sprut B is a FULLY POWERED MOUNT with a 360-degree rotation (like the 122mm Howitzers can do) that can move limited distances on its own at speeds of up to 15km per hour. It is fitted with a laser designator and ballistic computer allowing it to fire all of the 125mm Missiles and cannon rounds. The later versions augment the passive Night vision sight with thermal imagers. Its powered traverse and elevation allow adjustments of up to 20 degrees per second, compared to hydraulically-assisted manual traversing systems that might hit 5 degrees a second and could NEVER track a fast-moving AFV.
The Russian airborne units even have a "tank destroyer" that mounts this 125mm cannon in an enclosed turret on a BDM (?) air-droppable tracked chassis.
I think I did a write-up of all the AT and Field guns in a threat you started specifically about Field Guns. The Russians do LOVE their "dual-purpose" artillery.