Posted on 05/27/2009 10:37:30 AM PDT by Reaganesque
If you’ve had anything to do with the huge advances in battery technology the last few years, thank you.
"What's dat you got dare meathead? A High Explosive Air Burst Ordinance dare? A HEABO? Ha, haha..."
What’s the red button do?
This appears to be a expensive solution in search of a sufficiently profitable problem.
Only very, very peripherally. Did some work on microfuel cells a while back.
Where are you getting that stat of 100K rounds per kill?
Back in the Civil War, 100K rounds was one heck of a lot of ammo, and they had some hugely expensive engagements in a single day - I have to believe that the RPK in the Civil War was much lower than 100K. The engagement distances were much lower, too.
I can believe it from WWI onwards, when we had belt-fed weapons - I can believe that easily. But pre-belt? I dunno.
So adding the “replay” feature is primarily a function of software, albeit not with the Zorg capability of shifting the aim? How far off can the ZF-1 be?
It’s very possible that I misremember the start date of that statistic.
That’s “ordnance.”
Still, I’ve seen this sucker on TV, very lethal. The demonstrator popped one through a window to a room at a hundred yards and it exploded about six feet inside.
With this there’s almost no such thing as “cover” anymore.
This is what I use and it works just fine for the old curmudgeon:
Bushmaster M4 A3
Better not have any recoil if he’s going to fire it like that...
I’m NOT saying you’re wrong — I’m just saying that my understanding of the rate of fire that could be sustained by troops post-repeating rifle and then post-Maxim took a HUGE leap upwards. You could well be right, and those guys in the Civil War could reload their weapons with paper cartridges far faster than we currently believe possible....
No offense taken. I’m inclined to think you are correct. Your reasoning is flawless as near as I can tell.
At least you asked.
That thing is ugly as sin.
Where do you mount the bayonet?
Clearly, these guys have been playing too much DOOM.
That photo reminds me of something: I was set up at the bench just to the right of that one a few months ago (unless I’m terribly mistaken, that’s the 50-yard range at American). I was trying out my new Bushmaster and there was some guy at the pictured bench with an AK-47. Now, not having spent much time around Kalashnikovs, I didn’t realize the force at which they eject the spent brass. After the other shooter’s friend noticed my efforts at dodging, they moved to the other side of the partition. It didn’t help much. I ended up having to move to the other side of the partition at my bench to avoid the incoming brass!
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