Oh that is really neat, the way it's camoflauged and cost effecient, well for the gov't, not me couldn't spend money on that, nor would I need to.

I'm surprised someone else goes to Foxnews.com, it's not all bad!

It would be hard to see someone with that particular colour from a distance in a concrete land. Neat.

If the soldier doesn't need to even have the targets in their field of vision then how does the soldier know, assuming he even cares, whether there are innocent civilians there in the vicinity?

Sound a lot like the weapon Gene Simmons used in the movie Runaway.

Peace

Originally posted by ModernAcademia
If the soldier doesn't need to even have the targets in their field of vision then how does the soldier know, assuming he even cares, whether there are innocent civilians there in the vicinity?

Presumably they are targeting a sniper or an RPG crew, they would tend to run to a position and take cover then take a shot, unless a sniper is very quick they can't get them, actually probably a lot of the time the rules of engagement would not allow them to fire unless fired on, and by then they are behind a stone wall or something... And any way dropping a bomb would defiantly take out anyone in the vicinity, civilian or not.

It really just a very accurate grenade launcher. I really wanted to see homing bullets or something when I clicked the thread, very cool weapon though.

Originally posted by jkrog08

This is a interesting weapon development. It should really help give our troops the upper hand in urban combat, which is the battleground of the future.

The battleground of the future will proabbly be against you and your own children. Tell me how good that weapon is then eh?

If its what I think it is there is a gun in the game battlefield 2142 that has a similar principal,

You spot an enemy behind a wall, tree etc you range find the distance then set the burst about 5 meters behind the target then shoot either over or to the side of the obstacle.

If the weapons works as well in RL as it does in the game then this will be a very handy weapon in urban combat

I'm sure I read somewhere a while back about mating this concept with something like a Barret M107 to create what is basically a one man portable artillery piece.

Interesting concept for sure.