Maury Markowitz
From the Great White North!
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A previous thread suggested that Orange William fed into Swingfire. I am not sure how this might be.
OW was a command-guided weapon using a complex two-sight system, a computer, and IR links to the missile to control its flight through rear-mounted control surfaces. The rest of the system was basically identical to Malkara, the missile was so close in design as to be easily confused.
In contrast, Swingfire is a wire-guided design with SACLOS guidance that used thrust vectoring for control. It's difficult to imagine a "more different" system at the conceptual or physical level.
In contrast, the Pye PV, later Python, was a wire-guided SACLOS missile that used thrust vectoring for control. At first glance, it would seem much more likely that Swingfire and Python are related than Swingfire and OR.
Any further info?
OW was a command-guided weapon using a complex two-sight system, a computer, and IR links to the missile to control its flight through rear-mounted control surfaces. The rest of the system was basically identical to Malkara, the missile was so close in design as to be easily confused.
In contrast, Swingfire is a wire-guided design with SACLOS guidance that used thrust vectoring for control. It's difficult to imagine a "more different" system at the conceptual or physical level.
In contrast, the Pye PV, later Python, was a wire-guided SACLOS missile that used thrust vectoring for control. At first glance, it would seem much more likely that Swingfire and Python are related than Swingfire and OR.
Any further info?
