Talk:M47 Dragon

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Description of DRAGON operation in article

Folks,

The DESCRIPTION section has a lot of inaccuracies. One, the DRAGON is not guided by an IR sight. And two, it is not ejected by a rocket motor from its container.Jackehammond (talk) 05:40, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Firing Position

Why no mention of the sighting/guidance mechanics of the weapon, and why did the firer had to remain in a sitting position while the missile was in flight? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 192.91.171.42 (talk) 20:43, 8 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

the missile goes where the sight is pointed. If you stand up this would move the sightpicture

I think there should be some mention of the fact that this weapon is fired sitting down, as according to these military authorities: - http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m47-dragon.htm - http://www.inetres.com/gp/military/infantry/antiarmor/M47.html --Soundnous (talk) 17:43, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The weapon can be successfully fired from any stable position. Although sitting was most common as it provided the most maneuverability and stability when tracking a moving target, the prone position (with body almost perpendicular to missile tube) was an option that provided more cover and concealment for the gunner. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.155.211.102 (talk) 07:04, 22 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Crew

Should this be modified? It only took one individual to fire the weapon, but in my experience at least, the typical Dragon team was made up of two individuals, a gunner and an assistant gunner (not unlike a machine gun crew). Ideally, the assistant gunner would provide covering fire for the exposed Dragon gunner, or utilize small arms fire to keep the tank buttoned up until impact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bernie Brown (talk • contribs) 21:56, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

NOTE> The US Army insisted on keeping the DRAGON over other antitank missiles with longer range like the MILAN (the Marines wanted the MILAN bad but got over ruled by the US Army) because on soldier could parachute out with the clip on guidance unit and a missile container. Jackehammond (talk) 05:38, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Super Dragon Does Not exist

Super Dragon was never made, it seems to have been a case of writers with no sources confusing the designation of Dragon III. Don't re-add it to the page without actual sources.--MandolinMagi (talk) 02:23, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]