New first-hand accounts from witnesses of Israel's clashes with Hamas militants on 7 October suggest that, in their desperation to contain the surprise incursion, Israeli troops indiscriminately fired on their...
They need some distance in order to activate, and also multiple shots can override the system. The one who placed the grenade wouldn’t activate because the heat isn’t present until there is an explosion, the heat the system detects is the one used from the propulsion of the rocket. Still, again it raises the question of how efective it is since most attacks in urban guerrilla will be carried out in short distances.
Right, and as @Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml points out seems like it really wasn’t designed for the type of warfare they’re trying to do here. Seems like they’d be better off simply deactivating this and sending infantry along with the tanks. I’m guessing they figured that infantry would also be vulnerable and perhaps thought the tanks could survive RPG hits better than they actually did.
They need some distance in order to activate, and also multiple shots can override the system. The one who placed the grenade wouldn’t activate because the heat isn’t present until there is an explosion, the heat the system detects is the one used from the propulsion of the rocket. Still, again it raises the question of how efective it is since most attacks in urban guerrilla will be carried out in short distances.
Right, and as @Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml points out seems like it really wasn’t designed for the type of warfare they’re trying to do here. Seems like they’d be better off simply deactivating this and sending infantry along with the tanks. I’m guessing they figured that infantry would also be vulnerable and perhaps thought the tanks could survive RPG hits better than they actually did.