Wow, these photos are awesome (#20 and #21 especially so), even if half of them are staged.
So how's that gun control thing working out for Assad, I wonder?
So how's that gun control thing working out for Assad, I wonder?
I would imagine the benefit of using something like that remotely would be worth the risk of possible signal interception.
I don't think there's much need for wireless inside the tank in any case. Maybe for a remote placement turret without a vehicle mount it would be more useful.
You would still use wired controllers, but you would use wireless networking to control the tank close by. As long as you maintain a connection with the tank, you are safe from enemy fire, and the enemy would be shooting at an empty tank, with no way of telling what your physical location is.
In addition such a system is highly prone to jamming considering the kind of parts they have available, and the location of the controlling transmitter can be quite easily triangulated.
Just wanted to point out that it's not so easy to make a wirelessly controlled tank and the benefits can be dubious.
I'm not taking a stand either way, but considering that most of the people murdered by guns in the 20th century were killed by their own government and police forces, I can see why some people prefer not to give those entities a monopoly on the use of force. Perhaps you could open your own mind a bit to alternative points of view, and quiet that jerking knee.