Once upon a time, tanks' natural enemies were enemy tanks. However, with the development of weapons technology, tanks' natural enemies have now become helicopters that can carry anti-tank weapons.
For technical weapons such as helicopters, general main battle tanks, especially those during the Cold War, have almost no good means of confrontation. After all, countries vigorously develop armed helicopters to target the opponent's armored forces.
Although the four Chadian UH1 Huey helicopters are all second-hand goods, the weapons mounted are not second-hand goods, but BG71 TOW anti-tank missiles. The Libyans have experienced the power of this thing before. None of the tanks they equipped could effectively withstand this attack.
If tanks are like this, let alone those infantry fighting vehicles.
These African helicopter squadrons formed by laid-off and re-employed American retired pilots can actually be regarded as foreign garrisons in a certain sense, because they have no labor relations with the Chadian army, nor will they take money from them, let alone obey them. command.
In fact, in the entire Chad, the only person who can command them now is Hannibal on the front line of Fada.
After receiving the dispatch order, the four Huey helicopters immediately set off from the field airport in the rear and joined the battlefield without any delay.
"Tsk, tsk, these guys have no defense at all!"
"I didn't see any self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. What did these Libyans learn from the Soviet Union?"
The pilot had already seen the convoy moving on the road in the distance, and about dozens of trucks and infantry fighting vehicles were gathered in a circle and lined up at the end of the road.
The Libyans placed infantry fighting vehicles and armored vehicles on the outside, and put fragile trucks inside. Libyan soldiers were loading the supplies they could take away, and what could not be taken away was burned. Read the book
The Libyans were not prepared at all for the arrival of the helicopter.
"Attention, all aircraft, give priority to attacking infantry fighting vehicles, and be careful of the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower. We are not sure whether the Libyans have anti-aircraft artillery, so everyone, please pay attention!"
After the helicopter leader completed his briefing, the weapons operator sitting in the co-pilot immediately began preparations for launch.
Like the ground-launched TOW missiles, the air-launched TOW missiles also have a complete set of procedures to go through. Fortunately, there is no need to manually load and unload the launch tubes, because the helicopter directly installs a set of three on each side in a group pattern. missiles, so the shooter can fire out all six rounds very quickly.
The shooter first looked for a suitable target through the sighting of the helicopter. He focused on a bp2 infantry fighting vehicle. The infantry fighting vehicle was firing towards the city. The automatic cannon sprayed out billowing smoke and dust, throwing shell casings all over the ground.
After the enemy search was completed, the shooter aimed the crosshair at the middle of the infantry fighting vehicle, and then pressed the fire button.
Then the missile's power supply started to ignite, and a TOW missile flew out of the launch tube. It first fell a little distance in the air, and then the engine ignited and the tail expanded, pushing the missile forward. Then the warhead safety was released, so that the missile would hit the target. It explodes after the target, rather than sticking like a stick in the opponent's face.
The rocket engine continues to accelerate, accelerating the missile from 65 meters per second to 860 meters per second, and this speed is actually the speed when the missile is about to hit the target.
The Libyan infantry fighting vehicle had no defense at all and just stopped in place until the warhead of the TOW missile slammed into the middle armor of the infantry fighting vehicle.
Violent explosions and flames appeared for a moment, then disappeared, leaving only the horrific wounds on the armor.
After being hit by the missile, the BP infantry fighting vehicle was silent for a few seconds. Then, the flames suddenly spurted out as if it was about to explode. All the gaps in the entire tank were spraying flames. After burning for more than ten seconds, this An infantry fighting vehicle exploded suddenly, and the entire vehicle body was torn apart by the explosive ammunition. The turret flew into the sky like a rocket, and then landed heavily on a truck.
The truck was immediately smashed into pieces, and the ammunition and other materials loaded on the truck also fell to the ground.
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Next! "
Watching his target explode, the shooter only felt satisfied. At the same time, other helicopters also destroyed their targets. The TOW missile had a considerable amount of charge, and its armor-piercing depth was about 430 mm, while the BP infantry warfare No matter how you look at it, the armor of the car cannot be 400 mm thick. It has no resistance to the armor-piercing jet of the missile. Once it is penetrated, an extremely tragic explosion will occur immediately.
Those missiles are like hot dinner knives cutting through butter, there is no obstruction at all!
Soon another missile flew out. This time the shooter was targeting a BP1. Its main weapon was not a 30mm automatic cannon like the BP2, but a 73mm smoothbore cannon that fired armor-piercing projectiles and anti-tank grenades.
After this missile hit the target, it did not catch fire and then explode like the first vehicle. Instead, it exploded directly. Because the weapons were different, the internal structure of the turret was also different. The automatic loader under the bp1 turret contained a It was full of anti-tank grenades and armor-piercing rounds. After the jet penetrated the armor, it directly detonated the ammunition. After the BP exploded, it also took along several Libyan infantrymen on the near side. They were blown away by the air waves like broken dolls. Fly out.
Due to poor information perception capabilities, the Libyans, who had lost eight infantry fighting vehicles, still did not discover where the enemy launched the attack. Those infantry fighting vehicles that were not destroyed moved quickly and released smoke grenades in an attempt to cover them up. The battlefield protects one's own side, but the smoke bombs only last for a few minutes, and the helicopter can wait in the air.
After being attacked, the Libyans accelerated their retreat, but the evacuation speed of the infantry fighting vehicles was naturally not as fast as the speed of the missiles. Soon several more vehicles were destroyed while traveling. The members inside did not even have a chance to escape and were directly killed. Killed in the car.
If you are lucky, after the flames in the car are completely extinguished, people will still find traces of human body charcoal in his place.
It can be said that these helicopters are just happily opening cans in the distance. The Libyans cannot reach them. Whether they are anti-aircraft machine guns or other firearms, they cannot threaten helicopters hundreds of meters above the ground and thousands of meters away. On the contrary, helicopters can use missiles to kill the opponent as much as they want.
At this moment, more than half of the Libyan infantry fighting vehicles have been lost and are still being destroyed. Even the commander's vehicle was not spared and was directly blown into the sky by missiles.
