Thursday, May 28, 2009
It had to happen, sometime
Rifle shoots round corners.
This uses a laser rangefinder to find where the corner is and then the firer estimates how far round the corner the sniper etc. is. Then the XM-25's computer calculates the exact angle the weapon's barrel should be elevated to in order to lob a 25mm explosive mini-shell through the selected point in space. The shell in the XM-25's breech gets its electronic time fuse precisely set by a wireless transmission from the smartgun computer at the instant it is fired. It flies out on the calculated ballistic arc and explodes exactly in the chosen spot. You can take out the target at $25 per XM round as opposed to a $20,000 to $50,000 JDAM.
IMO: Great idea, sounds easy enough to use, could also lower civilian casualties. May need some improvements, current spec here.
This uses a laser rangefinder to find where the corner is and then the firer estimates how far round the corner the sniper etc. is. Then the XM-25's computer calculates the exact angle the weapon's barrel should be elevated to in order to lob a 25mm explosive mini-shell through the selected point in space. The shell in the XM-25's breech gets its electronic time fuse precisely set by a wireless transmission from the smartgun computer at the instant it is fired. It flies out on the calculated ballistic arc and explodes exactly in the chosen spot. You can take out the target at $25 per XM round as opposed to a $20,000 to $50,000 JDAM.
IMO: Great idea, sounds easy enough to use, could also lower civilian casualties. May need some improvements, current spec here.
# posted by uv : 3:54 AM
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