Our ROE probably wouldn’t allow our troops to use them. It just wouldn’t be fair, don’t ya know.
But do the current ROE allow us to save the lives of our own soldiers? How does that further Muslim Outreach?
FWIW, I know a guy in Huntsville, Al that works for a company that developed that technology. We’ve had it deployed in Iraq for several years.
So now the smart sniper will shoot the mast.
The Military Channel has a lot of programs on some of these futuristic weapons systems. Really cool
So let’s publicize it ! What could possibly go wrong ?
Wouldn’t the round arrive before the sound/shock wave ?
Still, I guess it lets you shoot back at the right place if you survive the first one !
New technology for an old idea... During WWI, my grandfather kept a metal cleaning rod (normal kit was a “pull through” string) for the sole purpose of counter sniper work. While in the trench, the soldiers would “sucker” a German sniper into taking a shot at an empty helmet. When the shot hit the back side of the trench, he would stick the cleaning rod into the hole made by the bullet. The rod would point to the sniper (usually in or behind a tree) who would then be quickly hosed down with a belt or two of .30-06 from one or more Browning machine guns. He said he saw more than a few Germans “hit the ground like a sack of taters” when they fell for that trick...
This is not new and it’s not revolutionary because its not reliable. There have been breathless stories in the media about these acoustic gunshot locators since the ‘80s. It looks exciting when you read what some idiot reporter writes about it largely from the manufacturer’s marketing material.
The problem is echoes caused by ambient objects such as buildings, lamp posts, signs, and other reflectors. These create a very complex acoustic problem. Result is that the equipment doesn’t give an unambiguous indication of the shooter’s location. This causes responding forces to lack confidence. Would you want to go into an area from which shooting was heard in the last few minutes, with some computer screen telling you “it could be here, or it could be over here. Or it could also be over here, or behind here.”
Fuhgeddaboudit.