Ping me to an account of how the Remote Weapons System / .50 cal successfully engaged and destroyed an RPG gunner from a moving Stryker.
Wherer the rubber meets the road.
Now this is an interesting question and deserving of some comment. In the long history and evolution of armored vehicles for use by Infantry, one enduring principle has been that infantry vehicles serve three purposes: to provide transport for infantry soldiers, to protect those soldiers from the effects of small arms fire and artillery fragmentation, and to provide an effective means of supporting fires from protected positions whilst the infantry dismount and advance by foot. Occasionally, some crackpot or clueless enthusiast would advance the opinion that infantry vehicles could go toe to toe with tanks; but those who had experienced the demands and realities of combat knew better.
Now here we have a proposition that the function of an armored infantry carrier ought to be to be to acquire an RPG gunner from under armor, through vision blocks, within a 360 degree arc, during those few seconds that it takes for an RPG gunner to jump up from concealment, sight and fire his weapon. Then, before the gunner can fire, the turret will slew, lock onto the target, and engage, thereby saving our erstwhile hero from the evil towelhead denivens of the East. Might be possible on Star Trek, but not on the planet and century that is Earth A.D. 2004.
Are you out of your cottonpicking mind? Just wondering.
As an historical aside, I was witness to just such an encounter while serving with the 7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry in a small Southeast Asian Country. A platoon of D Troop had fitted a 7.62 minigun to one of their gun jeeps. One of their frequent missions was to escort Forward Area Armament and Refuel Point (FAARP) convoys consisting of Ammo and Fuel trucks. Near Kontum, some valiant Communist stood up out of the underbrush and aimed his RPG at a fuel truck. D Troop's minigun swung into action and on 3-second burst sent our Commie gunner to meet with Lenin in Hell. It was a lucky shot. You don't build armored vehicles against this sort of requirement. Get real.
I write this as I watch our dearly beloved President Reagan move slowly toward his interment. God bless his immortal soul, he saved us all from the yoke of tyranny.