So i would like to know what missles can the T90A block because, i keep dying to groud to ground missle. The main one i would l8ke to know if it blocks is the Spike-LR ll missles.
It doesn’t work against Spike, nor does it work against any other F&F ATGM. It also doesn’t work against laser guided munitions.
It works against early ATGMs such as the TOW and HOT. It’s mostly useless in the context of WT.
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The “eyes” were only part of the system - it also included smoke, a laser warning system, and a computer to recognise the threat and identify which parts of the system to deploy
As I understand it, the “eyes” were supposed to emit on a frequency similar to that used by some missile systems for conveying commands to the missile and jam those commands.
Often this would be by tracking an IR flare in the base of the missile - the launch system would compare this flare with the position of the sight cross hairs and make adjustments accordingly. This is a SACLOS system.
They do NOT jam the IR seekers of modern FnF missiles.
Some missiles that use IR command links include Konkurs (AT-5 Spandrel), Metis (AT-13 Saxhorn-2), Fagot (AT-4 Spigot), Milan
Only if someone brought some 8.0-9.0 br atgms slinger else the APS ain’t stopping the type of missiles the t-90a see at it’s respective br. If you want something with a working APS, consider t-80um2 or t-72b3a, or t-55amd can stop Spike since it’s the same one t-80um2 uses.
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It only works on SACLOS, SACLOS missiles have a strobe in the back of the missile that the guidance unit on the tank keeps centered on the crosshair buy sending commands back to the missile buy either radio or wires, the IRCM on the tank washes out the strobe so the guidance unit losses track of the missile.
It won’t work against beam riding missiles as while they use a similar method of guidance as SACLOS, its reversed, the the guidance unit is in they back of the missile and keeps a laser or radar beam on the firing unit centered and therefore can’t “see” and be washed out the IRCM on the target.
I don’t think it’s powerful enough to wash out an actual IR seeker like a SPIKE.
They work against like an M901 or something, not a modern FnF missile like the Spike
think more in terms of early TOWs, lol.
IIRC early TOWs hard IR beacon on their backs which was used as part of the guidance system for the launcher to determine where the missile is; as opposed to where the missile isnt and send guidance instructions to the missile to stay within centre of the guidance beam.
What Shtora does is that it shines the same IR light as the TOW IR beacon towards the launcher, effectively “blinding” it and making it unable to determine where the missile is, making the guidance ineffective.
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your russian tanks already shrug off most spike attacks…
This is fully correct.
Later TOWs(Starting TOW-2) switched the guidance around. The Launcher has the IR beacon, the missile looks back at it, and transmits to the launcher where it is, effectively making Shtora and similar useless.
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Imagine pulling uno reverse card onto enemy weapon development only to be hit with another uno card
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Tow 1 but not tow 2, if a missliles stat card says irccm yes it meants it wont be affected by it
The missile knows its location at all times, and it has determined that its location is Yes (proceeds to veer into the ground).
the missile does not know where tf it is.
The TOW 2 entered service before the Shtora really became operational. The US basically said “You may have outsmarted me but I outsmarted your outsmarting”
‘Infra-red’ shtora-1 (which also has a laser jamming/overloading system) can stop missiles that are on the same IR wave band it emits, so early TOW missiles, javelins, and most Russian missiles that are optically or IR assisted like konkurs or koronet.
Should have a 360° laser jammer though.