Posted on 04/05/2006 2:34:07 AM PDT by leadpenny
Neat!
But I like my solution to the RPG 'problem' in Iraq. Anybody caught with an RPG should be subject to a drum head courts martial and executed as a terrorist.
I have a feeling that RPG attacks would drop dramatically after a few well publicized hangings.
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We already have FCLAS under testing, and I hope it to be used in Iraq and Afghanistan.
FCLAS?
I remember being in here a few years back and we were bragging on the 2nd amendment. Liberals were saying the Army was impervious to attacks by people armed with small arms, That our puny weapons wouldnt be worth squat against the military. Well we are seing what a ragtag bunch of armed people can do . We will not win in Iraq until the Iraqui's want peace bad enough to take their country back from this ragtag Army and fight for that peace themselves.
I think that's what he's interviewing for as we speak.
Look through this and you find out about FCLAS.
http://www.rdecom.army.mil/rdemagazine/200501/itf_soldier.html
You know, every time I read about some wonderful new piece of either offensive or defensive military hardware invented by the Feds, I think that we are probably the ultimate targets.
Thanks.
When does Iran announce they have a hypersonic RPG to defeat our Satanic AMM?
This pi$$es me off ...
"Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has been criticized for the vulnerability of U.S. forces to cheap, low-tech RPGs and simply made remote-control roadside bombs called "improvised explosive devices" or IEDs.
The fast-moving technological innovation of Trophy and Project Sheriff comes at a time when Rumsfeld is under more criticism. He has come under fire from some, including retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni, who on Sunday called for Rumsfeld to be replaced and specifically mentioned U.S. problems in dealing with basic weaponry like shoulder-fired RPGs. "
OH, and I wanna meet the guy who can ACCURATELY fire an RPG from 500 yds. Perhaps as an area weapon, but certainly not as a point weapon. Please ... Even a deuce and a half would be tiny in the iron sights of an RPG at 500 yds.
When Rumsfeld originally made a similar statement about the insurgency, he was roundly criticized for not recognizing the seriousness of the threat.
But democrats always have it both ways.
I don't quite understand what p's you off?
TARDEC’s FCLAS STO.
;-)
The final version of this defensive system should include the capability to "backtrack" the missile path to the point of launch and lob a mortar in that direction.
An RPG is basically a bazooka. After 150 yards, you are just spraying and praying.
Actually the insurgents sound better armed than the Waffen SS, they had bolt action Mausers, although late in the war the recieved the MP 44 (I think) which was the first "Assault Rifle" which the AK 47 was designed from. They also had the Panzerfaust from which the RPG was also designed. So the insurgents actually have more modern arms than the SS
Easy enough an RPG leaves a smoke trail, all you need is an M4/M203 combo or better yet an M21
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