Rocket attack on a Panther.
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Rocket attack on a Panther.
This test shoot on a static Panther is referenced for the claim that RP attacks of tanks were an exercise in futility. In particular that accuracy of the rocket was poor . The plotting of the hits suggest this was not the case.
Granted it was ideal conditions and you need a direct hit to disable a tank but The MPI on two runs was right on the target.
Granted it was ideal conditions and you need a direct hit to disable a tank but The MPI on two runs was right on the target.
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Re: Rocket attach on a Panther.
Sorry Michael, but those are plots that demonstrate both poor accuracy and poor precision. Just because one of many shots hit the bull does not change that.
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Re: Rocket attach on a Panther.
MPI is only relevant to statisticians...
You miss 20 feet high, 20 feet low, 20 feet right, and 20 feet left. Your MPI is dead center without hitting the target once.
I do note a good deal of shots with very few hits.
You miss 20 feet high, 20 feet low, 20 feet right, and 20 feet left. Your MPI is dead center without hitting the target once.
I do note a good deal of shots with very few hits.
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It is an armoured vehicle designed to withstand direct hits. Anything other than a tank would be (and was)shredded by those hits. The plot shows that the grouping (for the rocket) is not as bad as we have been led to believe.Richard Anderson wrote: ↑15 Sep 2019, 01:44Sorry Michael, but those are plots that demonstrate both poor accuracy and poor precision. Just because one of many shots hit the bull does not change that.
9 hits are shown which is higher than the number given in Gooderson. Nos 13, 14, 21, 30, 37, 51, 54, 57 & 60.
There are 71 strikes plotted
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Re: Rocket attach on a Panther.
On a firing range?Michael Kenny wrote: ↑15 Sep 2019, 02:10But in this instance 9 hits.
Context-In the desert 8.8cm AP was 10-20 rounds expended per hit
Re: Rocket attack on a Panther.
->This test shoot on a static Panther is referenced for the claim that RP attacks of tanks were an exercise in futility
Find the error. Soft targets will suffer.It is an armoured vehicle designed to withstand direct hits. Anything other than a tank would be (and was)shredded by those hits
A tactical air-ground attack plane during the 40s could not carry that many rockets. Static, Lafette 88mm or even AFVs armed with a 8.8cm gun could carry and expend more ammunition. This however, is not the only problem. The ability to engage a moving target by an AT installation was greater (aimtime and exposure of the target in the sights). That is the difference between a gunship with guided missile systems. Precision and a hard punch.Context-In the desert 8.8cm AP was 10-20 rounds expended per hit
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Re: Rocket attack on a Panther.
It is the mean point of impact for impacts spread over an area of roughly 50 by 70 yards. It is nine hits out of about 170 shots. A single Tiffy carrying 8 rockets had about a 4.2% chance of a hit in a single pass. To repeat, it demonstrates neither accuracy nor precision. As a means of targeting hard targets it was marginally effective at best.
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Re: Rocket attack on a Panther.
Surely 9 out of 170 hits is a c5% chance for each single rocket, and roughly 1 in 3 chance of a hit for an aircraft with 8 rockets?Richard Anderson wrote: ↑15 Sep 2019, 17:30It is nine hits out of about 170 shots. A single Tiffy carrying 8 rockets had about a 4.2% chance of a hit in a single pass.
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A Tiffy carries 8 rockets. Thus to obtain nine hits required 21.25 passes. A single pass would have 9/21.25= 4.2% chance of a hit. Think of each pass as a shotgun blast...with the aimed shot consisting of 8 un-aimed pellets. The MPI of the blast may be on target, but it does not mean any individual pellet will hit. Or I could dig out the AORS report for the exact figures they calculated.Aber wrote: ↑15 Sep 2019, 17:47Surely 9 out of 170 hits is a c5% chance for each single rocket, and roughly 1 in 3 chance of a hit for an aircraft with 8 rockets?Richard Anderson wrote: ↑15 Sep 2019, 17:30It is nine hits out of about 170 shots. A single Tiffy carrying 8 rockets had about a 4.2% chance of a hit in a single pass.
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Re: Rocket attack on a Panther.
Except that I make 9/21.25 = 42%.Richard Anderson wrote: ↑15 Sep 2019, 17:56A Tiffy carries 8 rockets. Thus to obtain nine hits required 21.25 passes. A single pass would have 9/21.25= 4.2% chance of a hit.Aber wrote: ↑15 Sep 2019, 17:47Surely 9 out of 170 hits is a c5% chance for each single rocket, and roughly 1 in 3 chance of a hit for an aircraft with 8 rockets?Richard Anderson wrote: ↑15 Sep 2019, 17:30It is nine hits out of about 170 shots. A single Tiffy carrying 8 rockets had about a 4.2% chance of a hit in a single pass.
Decimal points can be tricky.
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Damn. That's what I get for attempting math before coffee.Aber wrote: ↑15 Sep 2019, 18:11Except that I make 9/21.25 = 42%.Richard Anderson wrote: ↑15 Sep 2019, 17:56A Tiffy carries 8 rockets. Thus to obtain nine hits required 21.25 passes. A single pass would have 9/21.25= 4.2% chance of a hit.Aber wrote: ↑15 Sep 2019, 17:47Surely 9 out of 170 hits is a c5% chance for each single rocket, and roughly 1 in 3 chance of a hit for an aircraft with 8 rockets?Richard Anderson wrote: ↑15 Sep 2019, 17:30It is nine hits out of about 170 shots. A single Tiffy carrying 8 rockets had about a 4.2% chance of a hit in a single pass.
Decimal points can be tricky.
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Okay, AORS Joint Report No. 3, Rocket-Firing Typhoons in Joint Support of Military Operations, Table II. The "% shots hitting target" is given as ".5" and for a "50% chance of a hit" the number of RP needed is given as 140 from 18 sorties. The calculation was done by taking the radial mean error of the rocket and a normal distribution for the chance of obtaining at least one hit on targets of different sizes. The horizontal projected area of a Panther for a Typhoon in a 45 degree dive was calculated as 50 square yards.
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If that is a query about the 8.8cm '10 rounds per claimed hit' then no. That is under combat conditions. 10 rounds AP per claimed hit at normal range and up to 20 at long range. Once a hit is obtained and the range established the next hit would obviously not take 10 rounds.
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That's 0.5% chance of a hit from an individual rocket; Cumulative chances of zero hits from 180 rockets is (1-0.5%)^140 = 49.6%. Stacks up.Richard Anderson wrote: ↑15 Sep 2019, 19:14Okay, AORS Joint Report No. 3, Rocket-Firing Typhoons in Joint Support of Military Operations, Table II. The "% shots hitting target" is given as ".5" and for a "50% chance of a hit" the number of RP needed is given as 140 from 18 sorties.
Or 23 aircraft attacking to get 1 hit; and strangely, 4% chance of a hit from 8 rockets (1 aircraft).