Ref the Eryx

[Danjanou]

Thermobaric 84mm...

  I says to myself, self lets not just knock a hole in that there hut, lets incinerate the occupants  ;D

I wonder if the Coast Guard still has any of those para flare illuminating rounds for the Carl G?  >

 

[Kiwi99]

Eryx is a strange system, to say the least.  Yeah, it may knock a hole in a grape drying hut, or other jundie building, but does it kill the occupants?  I have seen a JDAM dropped on the center of a grape hut, and then the dudes start shooting from there again.  My concern would be space in the veh.  It's tight as is, let alone with all that crap associatted with eryx, and the rockets.  The summer temp ratings would be unsuitable for it as well in most cases unless your AC always worked.  Personally, not a big fan of this piece of kit.  Hopefully the Vandoos will put together some type of AAR on their experiance with it, and we can all learn from that. 

 

[MG34]

Eryx is a strange system, to say the least.  Yeah, it may knock a hole in a grape drying hut, or other jundie building, but does it kill the occupants?  I have seen a JDAM dropped on the center of a grape hut, and then the dudes start shooting from there again.  My concern would be space in the veh.  It's tight as is, let alone with all that crap associatted with eryx, and the rockets.  The summer temp ratings would be unsuitable for it as well in most cases unless your AC always worked.  Personally, not a big fan of this piece of kit.  Hopefully the Vandoos will put together some type of AAR on their experiance with it, and we can all learn from that. 

Well from my experience with them overseas, it will collapse the roof of the average 'ghani building and blast exited all the "air vents" in the grape hut ,result was nobody was shooting at us from there again, the overpressure from a Eryx round is pretty severe plus some frag effect, in this case it didn't matter as a JDAM followed up the hit and pretty much levelled the place.
  WE didn't have any issues with the missiles that have been sitting in KAF since the recent festivities began several years ago , so the point about storage is moot. We carried 1 launcher in the PL (usually in the Alpha C/S) with 1 or 2 missiles in the other C/S. After OP Medusa we left the systems in KAF as there wasnt much need for them when the tanks finally showed up on the scene.
  They are just another tool in the box .