Nagler said:
Bird Poo said:
lb3 said:
MouthBQ98 said:
Given the size of that explosion and that a drone caught it on video, I suspect it was really a guided artillery shell hitting dead on target.
Most anti personnel mines wouldn't explode nearly that big, and most anti-vehicle mines aren't casually triggered by a walking infantryman even trodding on it.
It's possible, but unlikely.
I'll defer to your experience but if that's artillery or a large mortar, it's the first round in the salvo based on the casual walking pace of the Russians.
The accuracy is either dumb luck or the Ukes have no fear of counter battery fire and have previously sighted in those locations. I wouldn't rule out luck giver the sheer volume of artillery likely being being recorded that we never see.
Guided artillery doesn't need to be sighted in, no?
What's the difference between guided artillery and a missile?
The most basic difference is that artillery moves along a set ballistic path, while a missile can maneuver enroute to a target. More to the point of this discussion, most ground attack missiles and smart artillery projectiles require target coordinates input before launch/firing or a second party illuminating the target for them, although some missiles can receive fresh commands while enroute and adjust accordingly. Increasingly though, modern ground attack munitions have AI and sensors which allow them to independently detect, classify and select targets, even moving ones.
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