battlefield evoulution

[Sgt. Brassones]

I liked the 40mm grenade launcher fitted to Cornershot. Talk about an easy way to clear a room!

 

[Voronesh]

I dont know about the cornershot for clearing rooms via grenade.

How many bullets will your hand catch, the half second it takes to chuck a grenade. But i can imagine it beaing useful to clear a room at the end of the hallway.


Oh yeah regarding Mister T, we dont go airborne, were already there ^^.

 

[JoseDominguez]

Because before you chuck the grenade in, you have to put your head around the corner to see if there's anyone there. (Or risk throwing one into a fuel dump, nun's tea party, brick wall, wasp nest, the hostages, Terry Wait etc..)
How many bullets will your head catch?

 

[Hiromoon]

Good old corner shot. If I was the guy in the room, I'd watch for one of those, then lob a grenade after the darn thing....or even better, prop a mirror up at the door so they'll think you have the same device.

 

[JoseDominguez]

I'd have a permanent tape loop of Jaws playing, the bit where the blokes face pops through the bottom of the deck. You'd know someone had cornershot when you hear the sound of someone filling their boxers from outside the door.

 

[Hiromoon]

Course, you could always cheat and have something that futzes with video equipment

 

[JoseDominguez]

It's only got a 4" screen too...... I wouldn't want to be counting on it.
Now if I could work the soldier with my X box 360 controller I'd sign right up.


'I'm not playing anymore, the hezbolah are watching my screen.....'

 

[Hiromoon]

well, remember the old landwarrior system?

A previous version had a visor across the face, effectively making you dependent on the rifle for your field of vision. The new system above is a big improvement though.

 

[JoseDominguez]

Except the minute you run uphill you fall over backwards. And you can't fit through doors either
What made them attach a 1975 cine camera on top? retro can only get you so far y'know.
'We could have had high def and thermal optics, but it just doesn't match the gritty reality of 8mm'

 

[Hiromoon]

It's called a prototype for a reason, Jose. It's also to give it different features like termo optics and lowlight. that really bulks it up.

 

[JoseDominguez]

I come fitted with sarcasm as standard. Joke, hence the smily.

Anyway, have you looked closely at the photo? They strap 100lbs of cine equipment to a rifle, wire the poor soldier in to the mains for this prototype then think 'y'know, I think he'll need a bayonet'

 

[xeoran]

I come fitted with sarcasm as standard. Joke, hence the smily.

Anyway, have you looked closely at the photo? They strap 100lbs of cine equipment to a rifle, wire the poor soldier in to the mains for this prototype then think 'y'know, I think he'll need a bayonet'

Its because with all that equipment he cant raise the gun enough to fire. They are hoping when he falls over he'll bayonet the other guy in the foot. :wink:

 

[Hiromoon]

Actually, the latest incarnation of the system:

they've made big strides in reducing the weight the soldier has to haul around.

 

[mthomason]

But what you can't see in that photo is the guy behind him hauling the batteries.

 

[Mac V]

I've seen concept pictures or the next 30 years of the system. The last stage replace the rifle with a pistol/SMG(?) with intelligent bullets, etc. I can't find the pics though. I've also heard rumors of adaptive camo and nano material that will act as a splint wounded limbs, harden on impact with bullets and be WMD resistant. Nice ideas, we'll see.

 

[Hiromoon]

Yeah...intelligent bullets. How much is that going to cost, hmm?

And Adaptive Camoflauge was first developed by the USAF during WW2, and lately the next big thing was developed by a pair of Japanese professors, featuring cameras and fiberoptic cables.

 

[mthomason]

Yeah...intelligent bullets. How much is that going to cost, hmm?

"Sir, they've got us pinned down, permission to return fire?"

"One minute, I'm just waiting for HQ to tell us if we can afford to!"

 

[Hiromoon]

Unfortunately, it's pretty much like that, but I can't go into details.

 

[Greg Smith]

Intellegent bullets? :shock:

"I'm not getting fired out of a gun a supersonic velocities. I might hit a wall and get flatened to the size a tem pence piece. Or I might hit a person and then I'll get all red and icky. Worse, they could be wearing a bullet-proff vest and kevlar gives me HIVES!"

 

[derek]

Intellegent bullets? :shock:

"I'm not getting fired out of a gun a supersonic velocities. I might hit a wall and get flatened to the size a tem pence piece. Or I might hit a person and then I'll get all red and icky. Worse, they could be wearing a bullet-proff vest and kevlar gives me HIVES!"

Shades of the planet busting warheads in 'Darkstar'

Cheers

Derek