2006-08-12 01:10:48 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
probably at take off or landing before it reaches 1000 feet
2006-08-12 01:13:21 · answer #1 · answered by lvtaride 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would have to be a really lucky shot to hit the aircraft at all, and the aircraft would have to be low and slow -- near the airport where it was coming in for a landing.
Now, if the tank had an "anti-missile" machine gun mounted on it, ... different story! These machine guns fire a huge number of dense rounds in a short period of time.
2006-08-12 17:42:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
prbably only just as it took off with a very good comander and gunner . The tank you have lead the aircraft very presily te fire at he near perfect ment . once in the air it ouwld be nearly impossible .
te tank does not move its turret fast enough and the shell will not travel fast enoug to hit a flying aircraft .
that is why missles are used . they can be guides in a number of ways.
2006-08-12 08:20:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possible but improbable. The angle of the tank's main gun only raises high enough to hit ground targets within its range of fire. Also, the targeting mechanism is look for ground targets at ground speed, not several hundred mph the plane would be flying. Basically, the plane would have to be flying low enough to get in the tank's gun trajectory, and then it would have to be a hell of a lucky shot.
2006-08-12 08:17:34 · answer #4 · answered by daspook19 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the aircraft is still in the runway on stationary position. But once it take off, there will be slim chances, because tank shell are not guided unlike the missile.
2006-08-12 08:17:41 · answer #5 · answered by Sam X9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
certainly not while the plane is at any height, the tanks elevation rules that out and not while the plane is at any speed, the time to acquire a sight stops that. Put simply, tanks don't do things they weren't designed to do and although they can have laser targeting, their shells lack the speed, distance and aquisition capabilities to knock a plane from flight.
2006-08-12 08:20:16 · answer #6 · answered by franken4110 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at a low enough altitude a commercial aircraft can be taken out with a high powered rifle if hit in the right spot.
2006-08-12 08:17:26 · answer #7 · answered by kevin p 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure it is..but the possibility of having a tank gunner that could accurately fire a shot at a target moving at the speeds they do is like...a billion to 1?
2006-08-12 08:18:42 · answer #8 · answered by TRKiev 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if it can hit the aircraft in a critical place. A handgun can do the same.
Probability is rather low though.
2006-08-12 11:04:12 · answer #9 · answered by Chris H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called the golden BB and if the two objects meet in the sky then the plane could come down - but it's unlikely
2006-08-12 08:18:23 · answer #10 · answered by Bullwinkle Moose 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If equipped with ground to air missiles, sure. At low altitudes it would be easier with the machine guns.
2006-08-12 08:18:57 · answer #11 · answered by Joseph Binette 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋