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It's Alive! (CROWS - common remotely operated weapon stations)
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Posted on 12/13/2008 2:58:30 PM PST by neverdem
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To: xcamel
Wait, I saw that critter in a Chuck Norris movie! Ummmmmm Code of Silence I think it was. Robot-y kind of thinghie with a human controller standing off to the side during the demo. Old Chuck just puts his revolver sights on the human controller and orders him to "FREEZE!" That did the trick.
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posted on
12/15/2008 9:48:58 AM PST
by
ExSoldier
(Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
To: neverdem
When my outfit was testing the FAVs (Fast Attack Vehicles) in the early 1980s, long before special forces or the SEALs ever got them, we were able to remote either an M2HB or an M60 above the vehicle commander/gunner. The trouble was that to take out the gun on a dune buggy, you just had to aim a bit lower because they buggy driver and passenger had nothing to hide behind. Speed is considered "security" and considering they'd do about 120mph, cross country that was enough....went the thinking. We eventually mounted MK 19s and TOW missiles on those things. Tried a 30mm chain gun until we looked at the tires and realized the gun weight had flattened them.....We came up with a great way to transport them: Roll one into the belly of a C141 and then lift the nose so you can put the rear of the next under, keep doing that until the ramp ends. When it's time to offload the first roars off the ramp as the next driver jumps inside his and roars off letting the nose of the next car thump down as a driver leaps inside. It works like dominoes. Looked really cool, too.
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posted on
12/15/2008 9:57:35 AM PST
by
ExSoldier
(Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
To: neverdem
Just wait until Cyberdyne invents Skynet.
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posted on
12/15/2008 10:01:23 AM PST
by
Tribune7
(Obama wants to put the same crowd that ran Fannie Mae in charge of health care)
To: MrEdd
To: Tailback
If all it takes is one bullet in the right place to disable it, how is that any different than killing the gunner? The gunner would consider the difference significant
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posted on
12/15/2008 11:18:11 AM PST
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: litehaus; Squantos
"A GENERAL ELECTRIC product ????" ~~~~
As squantos said in #28:
"GE gave up the ghost to Dillon....Blue Press Dillon. He redesigned the mini-gun so it can be cleared easily by the gunner versus the old GAU 2B that had to be taken apart to clear . M134D is standard and the M134DT version is lightweight for aircraft use."
I use Dillon reloading presses; they make good stuff!
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posted on
12/15/2008 11:24:37 AM PST
by
TXnMA
(Chief Justice: "To administer this oath would violate my oath to uphold the Constitution.")
To: Tailback
If all it takes is one bullet in the right place to disable it, how is that any different than killing the gunner? The wiz-bang gizmo doesn't get sent home in a flag-draped box, for one. Also, those components are much sturdier than a gunner (even with body armor) and can return fire even after being hit, unlike a dead or wounded gunner. Much more difficult to take out that gun with small arms fire than to take out a gunner.
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posted on
12/16/2008 11:02:47 AM PST
by
PsyOp
(Put government in charge of tire pressure, and we'll soon have a shortage of air. - PsyOp.)
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