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Old 03-03-2016, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Project_Sardonicus View Post
nb The Israelis in the 1980s added laser homing kits to their TOW missiles and bigger engines then called them LAHATS. The SADF bought them, copied the design etc and called them Ingwes and used them to destroy many SWAPO/Cuban tanks. So this hobby craft approach to improving on primitive weapons isn't so unusual.
You are pretty much describing APKWS. It is a guidance module that is placed between the Mk 60 motor and the warhead/fuze assembly. It is not much more complicated than screwing APKWS to the motor and the warhead to the APKWS.
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