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To: Spktyr
Gun stabilizers have been around since WW2.

True, but isn't there a difference between the clearance time through the tube for a missile and a shell? Would what may be stabilized enough for the passage of a shell still be sufficient for a missile throughout its boost/launch period?

65 posted on 06/01/2017 12:24:51 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Ex Scientia Tridens)
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To: BlueLancer

There is difference in travel time, but the stabilizer works fine for it. In fact, gun-launched missiles work fine for unstabilized use too - the US used to field the MGM-51 Shillelagh missile in the M551 Sheridan and the M60A2 “Starship”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM-51_Shillelagh

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/MGM-51.jpg

The Israelis have a modern missile called the LAHAT they fire out of their Merkava main guns: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAHAT


72 posted on 06/01/2017 4:31:50 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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