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Ramp Ceremony in Kandahar for MCpl Darrell Priede, KIA
In fact, Master Corporal Priede starred in another video -- when he was still alive -- that I already sifted:
http://www.videosift.com/video/ERYX-Missile-Firing
The New French-Canadian Anti-Tank Missile
Tags changed from "eryx, quebecoise, oops, wait for it" to "eryx, oops, wait for it" by gold star member darksun.
The New French-Canadian Anti-Tank Missile
That said: although the troops in the video are indeed French-Canadian, the Eryx missile is made by the French, by which I mean French-from-France. The company's called Aerospatiale. I refer you to Wikipedia (see above for the link) and to FAS:
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/eryx.htm
The New French-Canadian Anti-Tank Missile
I fired an Eryx as part of pre-deployment training. It blew up in midair 80 metres out of the tube and me and my buddy got a faceful of hot wind and gravel... good thing there's no shrapnel in an Eryx! They told us later that our batch of missiles had been known to have some faults, which is probably why they let us reservists have 'em
The New French-Canadian Anti-Tank Missile
*tagschanged from "eryx, oops, wait for it" to "eryx, quebecoise, oops, wait for it"
I'm thinkin Quebec and Alabama have alot in common.
The New French-Canadian Anti-Tank Missile
@Farhad2000
Yeah the warhead has to travel 25m past the launcher before the warhead is armed but with a dud like that run like hell just in case. Thats just standard on any range. Then call in the Sappers/Pioneers and stay away from it. M203's have to spin a number of times before there armed like darksun said but wire guided rockets don't spin and there is a range finder built into the launcher. I never got to fire HEAT-WRAP rounds just TPT (pratice) rounds. There are 2 or 3 french units gearing up for the next tour in Afganistain.
@darksun
its a decision between range and punch.
ERYX 600m range can defeat reactive armor (the americans have so far refused to declassify there test M1 abrams vs ERYX)
MILAN 1/2 2200m range cant defeat reactive armor (Milan 3 can though but loses 200m)
But yeah the Javelin i have fired HEAT rounds and that thing is fun watching it slam into the target from above. They like to zig zag but before hitting they usualy fly up then just slam right into the target its fun to watch.
The New French-Canadian Anti-Tank Missile
Well, pretty much every piece of explosive ordinance has a inertia sensor, but i don't know about a proximity sensor.
I know for a fact that the 203 underslung grenade launchers used by the army have a 20m inertia sensor, so an anti-tank missile is bound to have one.
Wiki: ERYX
Wiki: MILAN (In my opinoin, a much better anti tank missile, used by more countries and built by BAE
Systems)