Gregory's Server@Leszek_Karlik @cstross Standard shotguns have the range of 50-150 metres, depending on type of ammo, and that doesn't sound like enough. I'm not sure how far you can extend the range before the weapon stops being portable.
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@Leszek_Karlik @cstross I wasn't thinking about blast radii. The drone is coming in at 20m/s or more. Unless you're perfectly positioned to intercept it, your window of opportunity is in the order of 3 seconds. In video games we call that "fast-paced". God help you if there's more than one. @jzillw @Leszek_Karlik @cstross That's why it's not really a weapon system problem, it's a detection and tracking problem. A human shotgunner can handle the kill IF the tracking system shows him where the incoming threat is. This system could include a network of spaced apart microphones - perhaps microphones on each soldier. This won't be able to detect glide bombs, but could track the location of most nearby drones with adequate precision. @isaackuo @jzillw @Leszek_Karlik @cstross they use acoustic detection to spot long range Russian drones already. |
@jzillw @cstross
An FPV drone will have small warhead with an effective blast range of a few metres, you need lots of fuel for 50 metres of effective kill radius.
Generally, blast waves are a very inefficient way to kill people because they go down with cube of the radius, which is why shrapnel is used (its density decreases with square of the radius).
Fuel-air explosives start the explosion over a larger volume which mitigates the cube law somewhat, but you still need lots of fuel to have a large kill radius.
@jzillw @cstross
An FPV drone will have small warhead with an effective blast range of a few metres, you need lots of fuel for 50 metres of effective kill radius.
Generally, blast waves are a very inefficient way to kill people because they go down with cube of the radius, which is why shrapnel is used (its density decreases with square of the radius).