The Macabees
31-08-2005, 04:34
Panzerfaust X-9/Tagus Anti-Tank Missile
The Tagus Anti-Tank Missile, also known as the Panzerfaust X-9 to Riptide Monzarc, was a joint creation for the purpose of the defense of infantry columns in wartime exercises. Although the Golden Empire already fielded the multi-purpose Ebro anti-tank missile it was decided that it was much too flawed for continued use, consequently the Tagus was researched and developed. The Tagus is equipped with an imaging infrared system (I2R), and is a fire and forget missile. It’s also designed with a “soft launch” for use within buildings, and it protects the crew from the enemy’s line of sight. The Tagus is a top attack missile, where armor normally has its major weak point.
The central part of the Tagus is its Command Launch Unit (CLU) with a trigger mechanism, and a day/night surveillance mechanism, as well as target acquisition programming. The Tagus, during nighttime operation, has night vision sight (NVS) giving it a range of some 2.5 kilometers. However, for daytime operations it is equipped with new generation sighting technology.
The new sights are built around a single Cassagrian telescope type device, with internal charge coupled devices (CCD), which allow advance recollection of photons and photonic waves. The light collected by the Cassagrian telescope cannot be seen with the unaided human eye, consequently, the image is seen through a video camera, although using fiber optic cables, the imagines is basically instantaneous. This is the same basic system as used in ultra-modern photonic masts, except that the tube and the prisms are much smaller, and this uses a CCD, while the photonic mast does not. The range given by this new sighting, dubbed, Most Advanced Sighting Capabilities (MADSIC), is just about twelve kilometers.
The missile, the Tagus, is based on a disposable launch tube assembly, battery coolant units (BCU), and the missile itself. The missile’s range has been given five kilometers, although preferred range is just about two kilometers. The system, without the missile, weighs just about eight kilograms. The warhead’s weight is 12kg; however it enjoys a much larger fuel deposit than the standard Javelin and Milan. However, this latter point extends the missile’s total weight, when fully fueled, to about twenty-three kg, giving the entire system a weight of thirty-one kilograms.
The warhead uses a high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) form, with a tandem shape, giving it a penetration of 700mm + of standard armor. It’s effectiveness against explosive reactive armors and ceramic composite armors are not known, although it is expected to be about the same, since the missile was tested on an old Soviet T-72 export tank.
For accuracy the missile uses a computerized graphic positioning system (CGPS), which basically maps the enemy-tank (based on information using the MADSIC) on a liquid crystal matrix (AMLCD) screen. From there, the missile can use its own personalized acquisition and targeting system (ATS), which is a union of light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and infra-red detection systems (IRDS). This communion of three technologies makes the Tagus extremely accurate, and extremely deadly.
Weight: 31 kg
Length: 1.85 meters
Range: (Daytime) 5 kilometers; (Nightime) 2.5 kilometers
[b]Warhead Type: HEAT Tandem
Warhead Weight: 12 kg
Armor Penetration: 700mm +
Crew: 2 man portable system
Cost: 25,000 USD
The Tagus Anti-Tank Missile, also known as the Panzerfaust X-9 to Riptide Monzarc, was a joint creation for the purpose of the defense of infantry columns in wartime exercises. Although the Golden Empire already fielded the multi-purpose Ebro anti-tank missile it was decided that it was much too flawed for continued use, consequently the Tagus was researched and developed. The Tagus is equipped with an imaging infrared system (I2R), and is a fire and forget missile. It’s also designed with a “soft launch” for use within buildings, and it protects the crew from the enemy’s line of sight. The Tagus is a top attack missile, where armor normally has its major weak point.
The central part of the Tagus is its Command Launch Unit (CLU) with a trigger mechanism, and a day/night surveillance mechanism, as well as target acquisition programming. The Tagus, during nighttime operation, has night vision sight (NVS) giving it a range of some 2.5 kilometers. However, for daytime operations it is equipped with new generation sighting technology.
The new sights are built around a single Cassagrian telescope type device, with internal charge coupled devices (CCD), which allow advance recollection of photons and photonic waves. The light collected by the Cassagrian telescope cannot be seen with the unaided human eye, consequently, the image is seen through a video camera, although using fiber optic cables, the imagines is basically instantaneous. This is the same basic system as used in ultra-modern photonic masts, except that the tube and the prisms are much smaller, and this uses a CCD, while the photonic mast does not. The range given by this new sighting, dubbed, Most Advanced Sighting Capabilities (MADSIC), is just about twelve kilometers.
The missile, the Tagus, is based on a disposable launch tube assembly, battery coolant units (BCU), and the missile itself. The missile’s range has been given five kilometers, although preferred range is just about two kilometers. The system, without the missile, weighs just about eight kilograms. The warhead’s weight is 12kg; however it enjoys a much larger fuel deposit than the standard Javelin and Milan. However, this latter point extends the missile’s total weight, when fully fueled, to about twenty-three kg, giving the entire system a weight of thirty-one kilograms.
The warhead uses a high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) form, with a tandem shape, giving it a penetration of 700mm + of standard armor. It’s effectiveness against explosive reactive armors and ceramic composite armors are not known, although it is expected to be about the same, since the missile was tested on an old Soviet T-72 export tank.
For accuracy the missile uses a computerized graphic positioning system (CGPS), which basically maps the enemy-tank (based on information using the MADSIC) on a liquid crystal matrix (AMLCD) screen. From there, the missile can use its own personalized acquisition and targeting system (ATS), which is a union of light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and infra-red detection systems (IRDS). This communion of three technologies makes the Tagus extremely accurate, and extremely deadly.
Weight: 31 kg
Length: 1.85 meters
Range: (Daytime) 5 kilometers; (Nightime) 2.5 kilometers
[b]Warhead Type: HEAT Tandem
Warhead Weight: 12 kg
Armor Penetration: 700mm +
Crew: 2 man portable system
Cost: 25,000 USD