Comments by "Diana Pennepacker" (@dianapennepacker6854) on "Javelin vs NLAW - Which is the anti-tank king?" video.

The system isn't one time only? Just the rocket... You can quickly reload it. Of course they don't want insurgents getting their hands on even better weapons. That means nothing. If cost doesn't matter the Javelin is the best. The fact the command unit is so good that soldiers use it just for regular recon. Ukraine using it with ambushes clearly proves how effective it is. Maybe if it had a better warhead... That tank that was hit was from the top side of the turret. It isn't that impressive. The RPG 30 looks interesting though. I love how he acts like using the Javelin is super complicated when it isn't. Someone told me it took like 20 minutes to understand. Also that it takes a few minutes to warm up- like a freaken tank is suddenly going to sneak up on you. I do believe newer Command Units are rechargeable. Someone told me that anyway. If I were tasked to hunt tanks? I would prefer the Javelin or other systems like it. Keep hidden, fire and run to a new position. Reload. Fire again at a new target. Rinse and repeat. Anyway cost is what limits the Javelin. Using it on bunkers or softer targets just seems like a waste.
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I want the thermal optical unit with a missile that I can fire and forget. Then reload at an other position. Especially if I was going up against actual modern MBTs with all the advanced systems. Yet seems like neither side is a frugally using any. Even the MBTs sent are older versions, and with the Abrahms - lacking the armor that makes it by not giving depleted uranium armor package for fuck knows why. Remember that RPG 29 hit was from the top side of the turret. All tanks are vulnerable there.
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@littlesaints91 I've heard the ATV4 can disable modern tanks but not destroy them. Like tracking a tank, or taking out sensors. Speaking of sensors - how armored are they?! Can machine gun take them out? A 50 caliber? HE? Blinding a tank when you don't have an other choice seems like a good idea.
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When they say total cost does that mean one missile or does it include the command unit? (For the Javelin.) Anyway the Javelin wins due to the command unit being able to be used to scout. I wonder if it has a mode where it just turns on the infrared to save power. When are we going to start using rechargeable batteries as well. All vehicles should have a USB slot and all equipment should be able to recharge by it. I always hear how infantry complain about lack of disposable batteries.
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@MrJdsenior I kind of looked into it. We are now using recharable batteries. Hopefully they add in USB slots on vehicles and still allow you to switch them when you need it ASAP. Maybe give those survivor manual recharging devices.
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@wilmeroberg9794 Ah yes. A fire and forget missile with 90% kill rate takes time to confirm a kill... Great point. /s even though you don't have to confirm that kill right then and there. You can scurry away to a new position to reload, which is what you are supposed to do anyway. Javelin is guided, and the NLAW isn't. Has nearly four times the maxium range of 2,000 or 4,000m depending on variant, versus 1,000m. Albeit really can't be used up close(65 meters versus 20). It has what, three times bigger warhead for direct attack where the NLAWs is only for light vehicles. 18 pounds versus 4 pounds by the way. The CLU can be used and has for recon. It is reusable. NLAW is great for what it is. A cheap system. Yet in basically all metrics the Javelin is better. It isn't perfect. Yet I'll take those trade offs any day of the week, unless I am in a setting where I don't have enough minimum range to use it of course. Also in what universe can a tank suprise you, and you don't have three minutes to warm everything up? Do you have any idea how loud tanks are? I think they are replacing it with something soon or an upgraded version. All I know is they better use rechargeable batteries.
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@wilmeroberg9794 Like I said, NLaw for urban combat if there are no fire lines. Which is why you don't set up in a place you can't use it, duh. Even urban areas have lines further than 65m. 65m is way closer than you want any tank with their support to be. Javelin for nearly every scenario except these specialized ones you keep bringing up. CLU can last up to 4 hours depending on ambient tempature, and batteries can be changed. Not as good in higher tempatures. Either way I've been told by two vets they've used it to check vehicles out when they couldn't identify them multiple times, and to just scan noises in forests. The new CLU has 50% more battery life. 70% smaller, and is 40٪ lighter. So it will get even better. Yeah, ill take that. Worry about these ninja silent tanks that can teleport under 65m of my position later that you are so worried about. I mean you'd have to wait for a tank platoon to be on top of you, and can miss if you don't lead correctly with a NLAW. I could have fired, and retreated before the missile hit to set up for an other shot Maybe my mate would then destroy an other helicopter with a Javelin as I retreat. Since they can do that too, and destroyed a Ka52. Short of cost, minimum range and weight. Javelin is better. Four times the range. Guided. Three times bigger warhead for better direct fire. Optics. Fire and forget.
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@MikkoRantalainen The Javelin weighs 49 pounds total. 35 pounds for the warhead. 19 pounds for the command unit. NLAW weighs 29 pounds. So at best you can only get double. Which you might need due to the higher chances of missing or not actually getting a critical hit on the target. So you're wrong on that. Also the Javelin has further range. More likely to kill the target by a long shot needing less shots. The command unit can, and has been used for infantry to use to help recon with the advanced optics. The only two downsides of the Javelin are the fact that it is expensive, and has a minimum range. Which is being fixed. Also the newer versions will be rechargable.
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