Israel unveils new ‘5th generation’, ‘lightning’ version of Merkava tank

[HGV]

Is it Kornet that pre-explodes a small charge to defeat active armor first before detonating the main charge?

No, you are probably talking about Hamas Yasin-105

That's a glorified RPG with tandem charge, Kornet is a different beast

Idea behind dual launch Kornet (with 5-6km range) is to defeat Trophy APS. Trophy reload takes 1.5 seconds, so if you launch second ATGM <1.5 seconds after the first one, the second one can avoid Trophy APS and is almost guaranteed to hit the tank (see video below where second ATGM is launched <1 second after the first one)

Hamas tries the same with dual launch RPGs, but less successful due to heavy armour of Merkava and weak warhead of RPG

https://twitter.com/x/status/1690584476735393793

 

[Bilal9]

No, you are probably talking about Hamas Yasin-105

That's a glorified RPG with tandem charge, Kornet is a different beast

Idea behind dual launch Kornet (with 5-6km range) is to defeat Trophy APS. Trophy reload takes 1.5 seconds, so if you launch second ATGM <1.5 seconds after the first one, the second one can avoid Trophy APS and is almost guaranteed to hit the tank (see video below where second ATGM is launched <1 second after the first one)

Hamas tries the same with dual launch RPGs, but less successful due to heavy armour of Merkava and weak warhead of RPG

https://twitter.com/x/status/1690584476735393793

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