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[โ€“] YourPrivatHater@ani.social 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This gun is also incredibly effective against lightly armored vehicles and infantry.

[โ€“] ours@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Most autocannons are. Soviets took the guidance radars off their Shilkas (older equivalent to Guepard but with quad cannons) and called the radarless AAA vehicles "Afghanis".

[โ€“] YourPrivatHater@ani.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You need to overclock them to have a microwave weapon for crowd control... Or a cancer gun.

[โ€“] ours@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I've updated my comment to clarify they, it's the vehicle with the cannons they've kepted. Not much need for the radar against the Taliban air force.