Posted on 10/14/2021 8:26:49 PM PDT by algore
A robot dog design armed with a 6.5 mm Creedmoor sniper rifle capable of precisely hitting targets from 3,940 feet away has been unveiled at the US Army trade show.
The 'Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle' (SPUR) is the brainchild of Philadelphia-based Ghost Robotics and arms manufacturer SWORD International of Sparks, Nevada.
Placed on top of one of Ghost Robotics' existing 'quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle' designs, SPUR can be remotely instructed to load, unload and fire its rifle.
The firms have yet to reveal the exact configuration of the weapon, nor how much ammunition the machine is capable of carrying or its reload rate.
However, tests have shown that the 6.5mm rounds used in the Creedmoor rifle offer an increase in range over the 7.62x51mm cartridges currently used by US forces.
It is also presently unclear how much each robot unit and SPUR attachment will cost to purchase and maintain.
The arming of robots with SPUR — while arguably an inevitable development not that distinct from other unmanned ground weapons — is still likely to stir up controversy.
In contrast, for example, competitor Boston Dynamics — known for their oft-dancing robot dog 'Spot' — have committed to never arming any of their bots with weapons.
And the prospect of weaponised robot dogs turning on and killings humans was brought to discomforting life in the 2017 Black Mirror episode 'Metalhead'.
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Soooo... easy to housebreak one of those puppies? Or do they leave oil stains on the carpet?
Screen name prescience alert!
Funny - the hot new "it" cartridge is basically the .250 Savage Ackley Improved wildcat (which has been around since FDR was president), necked up a whopping 0.007 inches. So, your "better late than never" comment is exactly right...
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I see a lot of moving parts.
“How the heck did you deal with the overpressure??? Is rebarreling all that was needed?”
The Remington 700 action handles the pressure fine. I got a threaded and short chambered barrel from Brownells. So I needed a “Go Guage” and a finish chamber reamer, to complete the chambering. As well as a barrel vice and action wrench.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edqg3tJz9rQ
Not much need to practice when you use EXACTO rounds. .50cal 8,000 yards
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EXACTO
The future looks darker every day.
***Yes it does. But you would hit it.
as the American Left fights a losing battle against God.
***That’s actually what the battle of Armageddon is all about — all the forces in the world lined up fighting against God.
A CROWS wouldn’t fit on the dog but if some soldiers drove a few of those to mountain tops, dropped them off, and had the dog around to operate it, such a thing would be a formidable standoff weapon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CROWS
All those technical considerations for rifling and twist ratio are swept away once smooth bore .50 caliber is used in the field with EXACTO rounds, beginners can score hits on moving targets at 2 miles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EXACTO
Good wordsmithing. ✍
Can you teach an old cur new tricks?
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Nice!
Snow Crash is a great book. Bradbury had the ‘mechanical hound’ in Fahrenheit 451 68 years ago. It had 8 legs, if I recall.
Freegards
I actually posted that a standard CROWS or even its big optics component would dwarf that dog. Maybe pull it on a sled, LOL.
The CROWS would not be delivered nor carried by the dog, just operated by the dog.
When Churchill talked about a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science, he was on to something.
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