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How can a vehicle carrying anti-aircraft guns shoot down fast moving aircraft because it is not easy for a person to manually shoot the plane?
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∙ 14y ago
There's several different types of antiaircraft guns. Some use flack, where the round detonates in the air and sends out shrapnel. Some use extremely high rates of fire (such as the Vulcan), while some systems use multiple cannons to put up essentially a "wall" of munitions (such as the ZSU-23-4 Shilka, which mounts four 23mm autocannons).
Additionally, these systems will have some sort of radar system... more primitive models may simply have the radar for ranging purposes, while modern systems are heavily automated, with computer systems which can calculate range, adjust for target speed and round velocity, and basically guide the guns.
On top of this, low flying aircraft are forced to fly much slower than they would at altitude. This also makes ground based systems more effective at tracking and engaging them.
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