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XM-25: The US Army's first smart shoulder-fired weapon
Gizmag.com ^
| 05/27/09
| David Greig
Posted on 05/27/2009 10:37:30 AM PDT by Reaganesque
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To: lormand
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posted on
05/27/2009 10:50:46 AM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 128 of our national holiday from reality.)
To: Reaganesque
this should give local Twin City moonbats something more to protest outside the local ATK ...I love it!
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posted on
05/27/2009 10:50:53 AM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
(ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
To: gaijin
Maybe the projectile has attitude control based on programmed range? Would be interesting to see some design specs on the projectile.
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posted on
05/27/2009 10:51:22 AM PDT
by
griffin
(Love Jesus, No Fear!)
To: null and void
Perhaps we should rearm the entire United States Army Marine Corps with
gladius hispanicus. They don't need that newfangled nitrocellulose burning thing, that can run out of "cartridges". US Navy can have its cutlasses, of course ... and US Air Force is useless. Why, if they run out of liquid hydrocarbons, they can't do a blasted thing!
;'}
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posted on
05/27/2009 10:52:12 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: ArrogantBustard
I think we still give ‘em combat knives...
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posted on
05/27/2009 10:53:30 AM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 128 of our national holiday from reality.)
To: SJSAMPLE
I would too. Only 5 rounds and more operating steps to sight, range lock and fire. Definitely not for rapid fire if your trying to be effective. Bet the rounds are quite a bit more expensive too! $500 per round??
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posted on
05/27/2009 10:53:58 AM PDT
by
griffin
(Love Jesus, No Fear!)
To: null and void
They tried making the gun using linux, but each soldier had to learn the ins and outs of downloading and installing required rpms and how to use "sudo" access before the trigger can be pulled.
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posted on
05/27/2009 10:54:55 AM PDT
by
lormand
(...hoping this post isn't pulled because someone thinks its racist or sexist)
To: Reaganesque
Rule 1 : Must not jam
Rule 2: Easy to clean
Failing that, it's just a piece of plastic.
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posted on
05/27/2009 10:55:24 AM PDT
by
llevrok
(A feral conservative in my own land.)
To: null and void
Of course.
Batteries are just another logistical issue and an engineering problem. They can be solved.
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posted on
05/27/2009 10:55:29 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Reaganesque
Hopefully it works as advertised. This is the grenade launcher that was part of the OICW, correct? The one that allows precise airburst detonations (like X meters inside a window opening, for example). Very cool idea, but there were some problems with it during testing of the OICW. I'll have to search for the specifics, but maybe they've worked the bugs out.
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posted on
05/27/2009 10:55:44 AM PDT
by
Charles Martel
("Endeavor to persevere...")
To: Reaganesque
I heard of this several years ago. At that time the expected cost of the rounds was shockingly high. An attempt was made to justify this by an argument about how much more effective this weapon could be.
To: UCANSEE2
I have one of these shotguns. Keeping it in ammo is the issue.
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posted on
05/27/2009 10:56:17 AM PDT
by
Neoliberalnot
((Freedom's Precious Metals: Gold, Silver and Lead))
To: griffin
Given that from the US Civil war up to Desert Storm the average number of rounds fired per enemy dead remained nearly constant at ~100,000, $500 for a practically guaranteed kill is a bargain.
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posted on
05/27/2009 10:57:57 AM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 128 of our national holiday from reality.)
To: Reaganesque
To: lewisglad
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posted on
05/27/2009 10:58:42 AM PDT
by
MaxMax
(America's population is 304-Million. Obama must punish America for the other 4.7 Billion)
To: ArrogantBustard
I know. I’ve done some work on the problem.
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posted on
05/27/2009 10:58:44 AM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 128 of our national holiday from reality.)
To: Reaganesque
Not to disparage the current incarnation...
Rumor has it an early prototype (from the OICW days) was demoed to a bunch of very high-ranking officers. One was given the opportunity to fire it. He took it, entered the desired distance, and pulled the trigger. It fired, the distance was automatically measured, and it duly detonated at the indicated range: 1 meter.
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posted on
05/27/2009 11:00:06 AM PDT
by
ctdonath2
(John Galt was exiled.)
To: griffin
My understanding of the projectile functioning is this:
1. barrel rate of twist is known with precision and it matches the ro of the fired projectile
2. projectile has internal sensor that logs each 360 rotation
3. rotation number logged therefore indicates projectile distance traveled
4. intial range determination (and subtration or addition of desired detonation point) marks rotation number at which projectile is to detonate
5. projectile detonates when match is achieved between metrics for designated rotation mark and distance traveled.
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posted on
05/27/2009 11:00:32 AM PDT
by
gaijin
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posted on
05/27/2009 11:00:54 AM PDT
by
Joe Brower
(Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
To: Jeff Head
Texas Cowboy (AKA Cob1) (RIP) had an H&K "space gun".
H&K Makes some neat stuff.
It was reliable and fun. Kinda heavy though.
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