Marines Quiet About Brutal New Weapon

Defense Tech ^ | 11/14/05 | David Hambling

[baystaterebel]

War is hell. But it’s worse when the Marines bring out their new urban combat weapon, the SMAW-NE. Which may be why they’re not talking about it, much.

This is a version of the standard USMC Shoulder Mounted Assault Weapon but with a new warhead. Described as NE - "Novel Explosive"- it is a thermobaric mixture which ignites the air, producing a shockwave of unparalleled destructive power, especially against buildings.

A post-action report from Iraq describes the effect of the new weapon: "One unit disintegrated a large one-storey masonry type building with one round from 100 meters. They were extremely impressed." Elsewhere it is described by one Marine as "an awesome piece of ordnance."

[King Prout]

SWEET!

[AntiGuv]

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[anymouse]

Zed: Kay, give the kid a weapon.
[Kay opens a chest filled with intergalactic guns. He picks up a large rifle]
Kay: Series 4 De-atomizer.
Jay: That's what I'm talkin' about.
Kay: [Picks up a very tiny gun and gives it to Jay] Noisy Cricket.
Jay: Hey, Kay, come on man you get a Series 4 De-atomizer and I get a little midget cricket?
Kay: [Notices Jay is pointing the gun in his direction] WHOA! kid... [grabs the arm Jay is holding the weapon with]
Jay: Feel like I'm gonna break this damn thing.

Agent K: Set for pulsar level five, subsonic implosion factor two.
Agent J: What?
Agent K: Just shoot the damn thing!

[DogBarkTree]

"sounds like just another weapon the left will harp on till we can't use it because it's not fair."

Id like to see it used on the left.

[TomasUSMC]

How about one that can do that to a whole city, like for example..... Tehran.

[theDentist]

"SMAW gunners became expert at determining which wall to shoot to cause the roof to collapse and crush the insurgents fortified inside interior rooms."

Sounds like a line from a Ted Nugent song.

[Delta 21]

I did 3 years in Guam from 99 to 02. The heat and humidity there is more than a man should be subject to!

I salute you! The be put on that island and to have other humans trying to kill you!?! Victory in battle is truely an awesome feat. Victory in Guam, Siapan, Tinian and the rest of Micronesia had to be superhuman. You guys did REAL GOOD ! !

[BostonianRightist]

I want one!

Same here! When will these be available on the civilian market?

Or if any one knows how to get to the black market, I could go for that too.