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by mLuby
1840 days ago
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> But all those shells that don't hit the target land someplace. Just don't miss! It's only a few hundred meters out. Oh CWIS are only ship-mounted? I thought it was a general term. I like PDC better anyway. #TheExpanse Nice video—are those all tracers though? |
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C-RAM shells are supposed to self-destruct, but EOD guys will tell you that fuzes do not have a 100% operational rate. Another problem is cost and magazine size:
>The Block 1A and newer (pneumatic driven) CIWS mounts fire at a rate of 4,500 rounds per minute with a 1,550-round magazine.
>Shells fired by the Phalanx cost around $30 each and the gun typically fires 100 or more when engaging a target.[14]
So it's about three grand to zap one drone, and you get 15 shootdowns before a human needs to shovel more ammo into the turret. That would make it vulnerable to a saturation attack. A hundred drones carrying grenades that home in on the CIWS radar would be tough to counter.