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Smart you say ?
Topic Started: Nov 30 2010, 05:59 PM (525 Views)
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Craig Brewster
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/11876041

no matter how smart the gun ... its the idiot who cant tell friend from foe that is using the rifle that is the problem.
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Setenza
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Knitting with only one needle
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I always like these kind of things though. Even if they're limited by the soldier, it's nice stuff regardless.

Still want laser beam guns shooting down planes though.
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Micky
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Read about this a while back.

It's not new tech, though. I think it's probably been developed out of the OICW program, which used a 20mm cannon round-firing rifle attached to a conventional 5.56mm rifle (based on the H&K G36 - what you see armed police carrying in London). That prototype had a laser rangefinder and 'smart' shells programmed by the computer, too. Unfortunately, it was also facking massive, at least 2-3x the size of the XM25 (the cannon module accounted for most of it, the assault rifle module was very small in comparison).

Also, if the thing is firing 25mm grenades, the quoted chap is probably high if he reckons they can engage out to 500m+.
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Paul Sturrock
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What's wrong with going low tech and just using swords, pikes and maces? Proper wars they were. 10,000 slain at Flodden basically with pointy sticks. Let's see how the Taleban like sharp stick up their tanned arses eh?
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