They say it shoots around corners.

jbgramps · Nov 16, 2018

I read this story three times and still don't know how it shoots around corners. Gonna be interesting to see if this works as advertised.

https://www.foxnews.com/tech/soldie...to-shoot-around-corners-hit-enemies-instantly

Vaquero · Nov 16, 2018

The soldier has a screen that flips down from the helmet.
The aiming device on the rifle is a wireless camera.
You point the gun around the corner, without exposing yourself.
Acquire the target on your screen and fire.
It doesn't literally shoot around corners, it allows a soldier to fire around a corner. Like mirrors, but new tech.

jbgramps · Nov 16, 2018

Vaquero said:
The soldier has a screen that flips down from the helmet.
The aiming device on the rifle is a wireless camera.
You point the gun around the corner, without exposing yourself.
Acquire the target on your screen and fire.
It doesn't literally shoot around corners, it allows a soldier to fire around a corner. Like mirrors, but new tech.

Got it. I was wondering how they got the bullet to go around the corner. New fangled technology sometime confuses us old geezers.

Vaquero · Nov 16, 2018

jbgramps said:
Got it. I was wondering how they got the bullet to go around the corner. New fangled technology sometime confuses us old geezers.

I needed to see a picture before I understood.
I thought the bullets were adjusting course.
That ain't happening. Yet.

avvidclif · Nov 16, 2018

They have bombs that correct and bullets probably are coming. Just a matter of miniaturization.

Charlie · Nov 16, 2018

The infamous "they"! :green:

ian · Nov 16, 2018

The krummlauf worked well.... kind of.

toddnjoyce · Nov 16, 2018

avvidclif said:
They have bombs that correct and bullets probably are coming. Just a matter of miniaturization.

We have GPS kits on mortars, too.

Renegade · Nov 16, 2018

Whats old is new Krummlauf

ian · Nov 16, 2018

When I heard 3 Somali pirates simultaneously got wacked on high seas, I thought maybe they have GPS projos.

Mowingmaniac 24/7 · Nov 16, 2018

The Peroni disease of rifles...or bill clinton disease.

Either one is accurate or ok, not accurate, but bent.....

busykngt · Nov 16, 2018

155mm Excalibur’s electronics withstand 15K G’s shot from a howitzer. And this 50-cal round in development:

Army 1911 · Nov 17, 2018

Charlie said:
The infamous "they"!

Hello, my name is "He". I used to be part of "Them," but "They" kicked me out. So now I'm just me.

ZX9RCAM · Nov 17, 2018

When my brother bought an Eotech, he was told by the salesman, and passed on to me, the fact that you could shoot around corners with it.

TxStetson · Nov 17, 2018

ZX9RCAM said:
When my brother bought an Eotech, he was told by the salesman, and passed on to me, the fact that you could shoot around corners with it.

Did he try it?

ZX9RCAM · Nov 17, 2018

TxStetson said:
Did he try it?

I don't think so, after he told me I let him know it didn't work like that and the guy was full of $hit.

Younggun · Nov 17, 2018

busykngt said:
155mm Excalibur’s electronics withstand 15K G’s shot from a howitzer. And this 50-cal round in development:

Everything about that looks fake as shit. From the bullet construction to the way the trajectory corrects.

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toddnjoyce · Nov 17, 2018

Younggun said:
Everything about that looks fake as shit. From the bullet construction to the way the trajectory corrects.

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Kind of reminds me of the terminal phase ‘bang-bang’ 1st gen laser guided bombs.

Tubes do well with GPS kits and digital fire control systems. It’d be interesting to see what’s being used for target acq since the POA is allegedly to the right of the POI. Implies an active or semi-active guidance package able to utilize an external source for the target location.

Vaquero · Nov 17, 2018

toddnjoyce said:
Kind of reminds me of the terminal phase ‘bang-bang’ 1st gen laser guided bombs.

Tubes do well with GPS kits and digital fire control systems. It’d be interesting to see what’s being used for target acq since the POA is allegedly to the right of the POI. Implies an active or semi-active guidance package able to utilize an external source for the target location.

Is that a fancy way of saying "Kentucky windage"?

Shotgun Jeremy · Nov 17, 2018

I've heard DARPA has been working on those adjusting rounds. Last I heard on it though was the .50 cal is the smallest they can go so far, the round is insanely expensive, and there were still a few bugs being worked out.

One thing I'm looking forward to with age is seeing what DARPA gets to declassify from the early 2000's. I heard drones have been in progress since the 80's.

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