WITNESS ME
Step 0, destroy all machine guns everywhere.
Lunge mines would be a fantastic tool for that
✋ Hear me out!:
Armored. Hyanide.
Is the armor on the hyanide, the rider, or both? 🤔
Because now I really want to see someone in full plate weilding an explosive lance riding a tank-motorcycle.
in every possible scenario
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunge_mine
The conical mine body was 11.6 inches (29 cm) long and 8 inches (20 cm) in diameter at its base, weighing 11 pounds (5.0 kg) including the 6.6 pounds (3.0 kg) of crude TNT filling. The three metal legs welded to it were 6 inches (15 cm) long, intended to ensure the proper stand-off distance for the shaped charge to achieve maximum penetration. The 1.25-inch (3.2 cm) diameter handle was 59 inches (150 cm) long and weighed 3.3 pounds (1.5 kg), for an overall length of 78 inches (200 cm) (including the three legs) and weight of 14.3 pounds (6.5 kg).
https://gitnux.org/average-arm-length/
The average arm length of adult males is around 25.4 inches.
So you’ve got a weapon that has a range of roughly 100 inches, counting arm length and lunge mine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_Abrams
Hull length: 26.02 ft
Width: 12 ft
The furthest extent from the tank center that the tank hull will extend is
sqrt((12÷2)²+(26÷2)²)=14.3 ft, or about 171 in. So being generous as to angle of impact and weak points, this means that the attacker needs to get within about 272 inches of the center of the tank.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M256_(tank_gun)
The M256 is an American 120 mm smoothbore tank gun. It is a licensed-built German-designed Rheinmetall Rh-120 L44 gun tube and combustible cartridges with an American-designed mount, cradle and recoil mechanism. It is primarily used by the M1 Abrams main battle tank.
Length: 5,593 mm (220.20 in) (overall)
It looks like, from the gun-forward length of the M1A2 at 32.04 ft, the turret has the gun mounted maybe four feet forward of the center of the tank, so that’s another 48 inches.
Thus the tank gun reaches about 268 in from the center of the tank. This is about four inches short of the lunge mine operator’s total range, assuming full arm extension.
This is the 1862 US Navy saber bayonet. It has a 25 inch blade:
I don’t think that it’s too hard to see which era of cavalry forces come out on top here.
E bike brigade for stealthy attacks
Like the Line of Actual Control agreement between India and China? It’s such a fascinating border clash.
