| Captain dEwell | 03 Feb 2012 2:39 p.m. PST |
Can the Stinger surface-to-air missile, as operated by the Mujahideen during the Soviet War, be fired from a kneeling position or must the operator be standing. Is the Eureka Miniatures kneeling Mujahideen figure firing said weapon simply artistic licence? How many maximum should be fired during a wargame? link Thanks in advance |
| CPT Jake | 03 Feb 2012 2:58 p.m. PST |
Stinger doesn't have much of a back blast (the rocket ignites after it has left the tube). I suspect you could fire it from a kneeling position. |
| Jay Arnold | 03 Feb 2012 4:09 p.m. PST |
Perhaps he's waiting for "the growl" and will stand once the seeker has locked, in order to provide a smaller target? |
| vtsaogames | 03 Feb 2012 8:58 p.m. PST |
A buddy of mine was in Peshawar during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. He said Stingers were for sale in the market place for $300. USD |
| 14th Brooklyn | 04 Feb 2012 4:06 a.m. PST |
A buddy of mine was in Peshawar during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. He said Stingers were for sale in the market place for $300.00 USD USD I guess the US should have bought them directly in Afghanistan then. Would have been cheaper and would have saved the CIA the trouble to smuggle them over the border,  On a serious note, I have seen footage of a Fallschirmjäger firing one from kneeling position, so it is possible. Cheers, Burkhard |
| Captain dEwell | 04 Feb 2012 4:07 a.m. PST |
A buddy of mine was in Peshawar during the Soviet war in Afghanistan vtsaogames, that is such an intriguing opener it's practically teasing! I'm assuming your buddy is a fellow American and that he's got stories a plenty to tell – one day, maybe! :-) D'Ewell |
| Arrigo | 04 Feb 2012 5:03 a.m. PST |
Stinger or Redeye? The majority of missiles shipped were indeed older Redeyes. |
| Captain dEwell | 04 Feb 2012 5:14 a.m. PST |
Arrigo, that which is being held by the Eureka Miniatures figure, in particular. link Thanks. |
| Goose666 | 05 Feb 2012 6:59 a.m. PST |
It all depends on top of what he is kneeling? Flat ground, then the back blast is not going to be comfortable. Not as bad as some shoulder launched missile systems. If he is happens to be knealing ontop of a boulder/cliff edge, like I have seen 1980s footage of them being launched from, then no problems. |
| Jay Arnold | 05 Feb 2012 3:07 p.m. PST |
I have a buddy that was an ADA guy during the late '80s and early '90s. He told me the following: The Stinger fires an initial charge that has as much backblast as an AT4. It is fired like a recoiless rifle to leave the barrel. Also, he would not be able to superelevate before pulling the trigger, something that MUST be done or likely the missile tail, while in free fall from the initial ejection charge, will hit the ground. An alternate view I though of is that he's holding it that way as the bulk of the missile is in the rear of the tube. The balance point is not the middle of the tube. |
| Charles Besly | 24 Mar 2012 6:52 p.m. PST |
As a Marine from the 86-94 with experience in recoiless wire guided missiles and rockets. BACK BLAST is very important. Laws rockets ,At-4,SMAW (more like a fancy bazooka) Dragon and Tow and Tow2 along with Stinger and Redeye missiles all have: Minimum arming distances cannot be fired indoors( can be fired into doors) and have storable shelf lives. Batteries for the stinger and Redeye even less of a shelf life. You really really need to know where you are and what is behind you when firing one of these deals off although if you were say facing into something nasty like a soviet Hind Helicopter or say a cobra gunship you just might be desperate enough to try and get a shot off no matter what because your chance of survival when one of those takes notice is slim indeed. Play it how you want, Its a game and if there is a little artistic license so what. |
| GNREP8 | 25 Mar 2012 5:03 a.m. PST |
A buddy of mine was in Peshawar during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. He said Stingers were for sale in the market place for $300.00 USD USD ---------------
one wonders now whether we didn't back the wrong side in that conflict (with 20/20 hindsight of course) – interestingly the papers recently featured a Major (reservist I think) in the Estonian Army detachment with ISAF in Afghanistan who had last been there 20ish years ago as a paratrooper in the VDV – he implied that not much had changed in terms of the people he was fighting – same enemy, same medieval mentality |
| Thomas Nissvik | 26 Mar 2012 1:54 a.m. PST |
YouTube link Certainly looks like you could fire it kneeling as long as you have good clearance behind you. |
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