Posted on 01/09/2019 11:41:56 AM PST by Carriage Hill
The Army is revving up development and delivery of advanced targeting technology for its .50-cal machine gun to increase precision, widen the mission envelope and destroy challenging targets such as enemy drones, low-flying aircraft, light-skinned armored vehicles and troop concentrations.
Senior Army officials say the services Rapid Equipping Force has been fast-tracking improved "slue-to-cue" technology, new sensors and emerging radar-based targeting technology to give the .50-Cal more precision accuracy.
In service for decades, the .50-Cal has naturally been thought of as largely an area weapon able to lay down suppressive fire, enabling troops to maneuver by blanketing enemy targets with rounds. The weapon of course still has this function, yet technical efforts are underway to make .50-Cal targeting more precise, such that it could shoot down swarms of quadcopters or other commercially avail mini-drones configured for attack.
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Here’s an oldie but a goodie; always get a chuckle out of it:
.50cal into a steel plate & richochet...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ABGIJwiGBc
There was a Willy and Joe cartoon on that exact subject.
Found it!:
>>Then a coupla Phantoms saved our bacon.
My mayor flew those in Nam for the Marines. Could have been him!
Radar on a quad would be really, really cool!
This was up close to Khe Shan in 71.
Came straight over us treetop height with afterburners lit.
Saw them no sound huge...then a bit later great boom trailing behind.
Then the great blast of napalm.Took any fight outta the bad guys.
If it wasnt us he saved that day there were many would say thanks.
That hits it on the head as pappy would say.
.51 flying everywhere bouncing of a Hull is pretty scary.
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