Guns a GoGo and the Twilight War

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Originally Posted by kato13

In "Cardnal and the Kremlin" they were used against heated guard towers. I bet in real life that would be a possibility. The also would be somewhere, In a vehicle, back at base, somewhere. If they are functional I cannot see a commander abandoning them.

During the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, some Blowpipes (British-built shoulder-launched SAMs) were sent down the pipe to the Mujaheddin. The Mujaheddin found them to be poor SAMs -- but discovered that they were great against light armor and soft-skinned vehicles, and that's how most Blowpipes were used by the Mujaheddin. The Blowpipe uses a command-guidance system similar to SACLOS-guided AAMs and ATGMs -- a big reason they could be used against ground targets. A Stinger doesn't guide that well against ground targets.