The Tao anti-tank missile is a second-generation heavy anti-tank missile weapon system with tube launch, optical aiming, infrared automatic tracking, and wired guidance developed by the Hughes Aircraft Company of the United States in 1962, which was mass-produced and equipped with troops in 1970 and can be carried directly by infantry, vehicle-mounted and airborne.

The Tao anti-tank missile is quite a good weapon for the Cobra helicopter, and at the same time, it is also capable of fighting in the dark light, as it is now.

Ozawa in the back has already put the helicopter into a hovering state to keep the platform stable, while Saburo Matsushita in front is steadily operating the aiming of the missile.

The first-generation anti-tank missile is completely command-guided, to put it simply, it is a model aircraft, while the second-generation anti-tank missile has achieved semi-active control.

Now, from the optical sight in front of himself, locking on to the target, Saburo Matsushita pressed the button.

Launch!

Under the short wing, a flash of fire flickered, and a Tao anti-tank missile flew out from under the short wing, and in the night sky, the launch of the missile was quite bright and dazzling.

At this moment, Plushenko on the opposite side had already seen it, and when he found flames coming from the helicopter, he knew that the most terrible thing was coming, and at this moment, he did not hesitate.

Just when he was operating the machine gun, he had already turned the turret to the side, and now, his anti-aircraft machine gun was aimed at the helicopter, the hovering helicopter, which was his target!

Fire!

Plushenko pressed the button for the shock, and the familiar sound of gunfire was heard.

"Da-da, da-da-da." The 12.7 mm bullet was poured forward, and at the muzzle, clusters of flames appeared, and Plushenko had no choice.

He knew that when the helicopter gunship launched the missile until it hit the target, it would not move, and it had to hover there and wait for the missile to finally hit the target.

At this time, the other party is a good target, and if you do it now, you can force the other party to fly away.

Yes, if you want to shoot down the opponent with your own anti-aircraft machine gun, Plushenko is not so lucky, the opposite side is a helicopter gunship! With specialized and perfect armor protection, their own 12.7mm machine gun, even if it is a tungsten alloy warhead, cannot shoot down the opponent, but can scare the opponent away.

As long as the other party feels that it is dangerous, it will definitely fly away, and if it is killed and the missile launched is lost, any crew member will choose the latter.

It's a pity that it would have been nice if the self-propelled anti-aircraft guns of the Shilka River that followed the advance of their troops had come over, the kind of quadruple anti-aircraft guns, specially designed to deal with helicopter gunships, and the rapid firepower could shoot it down on the spot.

But not now, the kind of self-propelled anti-aircraft guns are behind their formations, in the canyon, the road here can only accommodate one tank, and the back is not able to pass at all.

I thought I could pass through here quickly and efficiently, but I didn't know that I encountered an accident at this time!

Grushko's machine gun kept going, and 12.7 mm bullets were being poured on the other side, and he also knew that while he was shooting, he was also completely exposing his position.

Saburo Matsushita was not afraid.

If it was an anti-aircraft gun on the opposite side, he would definitely have to fly away quickly, but now, just an anti-aircraft machine gun for a tank, what are you afraid of? They are now two kilometers away!

Saburo Matsushita still focused on guiding the missile, and at this time, the other party actually fired, which was simply a good target.

After the Tao missile took off, it began to throw a thin wire backwards, which is also the most common anti-tank missile of this era, and the wire control in the model is the same.

If it is a big battle, when it is over, this kind of wire will fall everywhere on the battlefield, and at the same time, in flight, if there is any interference, such as flying over a big tree, it will hang up all of a sudden, and the wire will be torn off.

However, the wire still has advantages, compared with radio command guidance, its anti-interference ability is greatly enhanced, and it also has multi-channel capabilities.

In the case of radio guidance, in order to avoid interference between each other, there is a limit to the number of anti-tank missiles that can be launched at the same time on a battlefield, but the wire guide is fine, because each missile relies on its own wire to transmit signals.

Even in later generations, there were missiles with this principle, but the wires were replaced with optical fibers.

The wire, which is being released rapidly as it flies. At the same time, an infrared beacon on the tail of the missile emits 2.2 microns of infrared radiation backwards. This weak signal will be captured by the infrared goniometer on the helicopter behind, and then the error between the missile and the target aiming line will be measured according to this signal, and the guidance device will process it and then transmit it to the control mechanism on the missile through the wire to correct the missile's flight path until it hits the target.

This is the principle of semi-active anti-tank missiles, compared with the previous first-generation anti-tank missiles that completely relied on the control stick and flew up and down, it no longer needed manual control, its flight path was automatically controlled, and the response of a human hand was faster than that of a human hand.

However, it still needs the cooperation of helicopters in the rear and cannot act completely autonomously, so it can only be regarded as semi-active.

The missile flew forward rapidly, spinning and changing its course in response to signals from behind, getting closer and closer to the target.

Compared with the speed of anti-aircraft missiles, which can easily reach a few Machs, the speed of anti-tank missiles is not high, and the current Tao anti-tank missiles are only 360 meters per second.

If the speed is too fast, the requirements of the control system are higher, and at the same time, the tail line action must be faster, which is easy to break the line, so this missile is not fast, so that the naked eye on the opposite side can catch it.

Originally, Grushko's machine gun was strafing the helicopter on the opposite side, but after finding that the opponent's helicopter did not pee on him, he immediately changed his plan and fired at the flying missile!

If Grushko had a phalanx in his hand, it would be absolutely fine to deal with a missile, with a rate of fire of several thousand rounds per minute. But now, he has an anti-aircraft machine gun in his hand!

The dense rain of bullets can't stop the flight of missiles, and that terrible missile is still flying towards them!

"Brake!" Grushko shouted loudly, now, the missile can almost be seen to be close, they only have one last trick left, brake sharply!

Yuri in front of him slammed on the brakes, and Grushko's body was thrown off the turret at once, and he let out a scream in his throat, and his body collided with the body of the tank, which was extremely painful.