ATCMS is not almighty: against what purpose the rocket will be almost ineffective - Forbes

The Armed Forces was hit by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Berdyansk and Lugansk, which allowed to destroy more than 10 helicopters. However, the publication states that M39 - not almighty and will not be able to destroy protected fighting machines. The reason lies in the cassette combat part. The rocket has 950 sub -grenades. If they do not hit the vulnerable part of the tank, they will hardly be able to cause serious harm.

The M39 is a two -ton ballistic rocket that has a range of up to 165 km with an inertial guidance system. The ammunition was made in the 1990s. US Presidential Administration Joe Baiden has sent an undisputed number of ballistic missiles to Ukraine, probably after checking the technical condition of solid fuel. ATACMS with a cassette combat part of M74 is ideal for attack on non -brief goals: trucks, ammunition, radars, vehicles with easy reservation, said US Army Major James Hatton.

However, in his opinion, there is no point in spending ATACMS to strike on the tank regiment, since the capacity of the subbov -trim will not be enough. Of course, M74 will be able to damage the optics, or if you are lucky, to break through the motor-transport department to damage the engine. However, it will be very difficult to stop the armored assault. In the US, they have already stated that Ukraine will supply ATACMS without risk to its own combat readiness.

According to the author, this may mean that the Armed Forces will receive older versions of rockets: M39 that are already transmitted and M48. M48 is a ballistic missile with a unitary combat unit that can undermine fortifications or other protected hostile objects. We will remind, on October 20 in the United States stated that the Armed Forces will not beat ATCMS missiles in the Russian Federation.