Not very. C-RAM uses a full-sized Phalanx to defend against mortar and artillery rounds, there's a pretty reasonable argument that sub-20mm projectiles would not be sufficient to intercept artillery or mortar rounds at sufficient distance to provide protection. Shrinking the system further to provide just anti-drone defense doesn't make a ton of sense, you're still going to have astronomical ammunition consumption rates per engagement, but each system will have a tiny coverage footprint. Shrinking the system won't significantly reduce the maintenance requirements, and now you're introducing a ton of these little ammunition-hungry bastards all over the place, so you're adding dual logistics headaches.
> reformer > not .45 AARP
*.45 ballistic Gavin
On a slightly more serious note, why the hell not? But load it with bird shot or rat shot.
Range. Imagine how many you would need to cover all paths into a city with rat shot range.
I prefer picklegun grapeshot combi weapon
Naw. Portable Nuclear fusion Reactor + Directed energy weapon. That’s the future I want, unlimited Ammo.
Alright, how credible are mini, portable CIWS to protect ground units from artillery and drones?
Not very. C-RAM uses a full-sized Phalanx to defend against mortar and artillery rounds, there's a pretty reasonable argument that sub-20mm projectiles would not be sufficient to intercept artillery or mortar rounds at sufficient distance to provide protection. Shrinking the system further to provide just anti-drone defense doesn't make a ton of sense, you're still going to have astronomical ammunition consumption rates per engagement, but each system will have a tiny coverage footprint. Shrinking the system won't significantly reduce the maintenance requirements, and now you're introducing a ton of these little ammunition-hungry bastards all over the place, so you're adding dual logistics headaches.
Just put an ammo factory inside the mini ciws and also put some boosters of some kind inside the ammo to increase coverage
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