Posted on 10/17/2021 6:50:45 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
Ghost Robotics and SWORD International have teamed up to create a rifle-toting "robot dog." Called the Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle, or SPUR, the system adds a 6.5mm Creedmoor rifle from SWORD to one of Ghost Robotics' quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicles, or Q-UGVs.
The SPUR made its debut on the show floor at the Association of the U.S. Army's (AUSA) main annual convention in Washington, D.C., which opened yesterday. Though Ghost Robotics is partnered with a number of other companies to explore defense and security applications, among others, for its Q-UGVs — which you can read more about in this past War Zone feature — this appears to be the first example of one of these unmanned systems with an actual weapon mounted on it. Unarmed examples of the Q-UGV are notably already in limited use with the U.S. Air Force's 325th Security Forces Squadron at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida and are being tested by other units within that service.
The exact configuration of the 6.5mm gun inside the SPUR module — how much ammunition it contains, and how hard it might be to reload — are all unclear. A product card for SPUR that emerged during the AUSA show can be instructed remotely to chamber the first round from an unloaded state, as well as clear the chamber and safe the gun.
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You are joking, or your gross ignorance of pistol design is shown on FR for all here to see.
What is so "funny" about all new pistol designs starting with the Browning-Saive P35 H-Power having the feed ramp machined as part of the barrel, and a lever and coil spring extractor?
The only thing that is funny to me is that people worship an obsolete pistol that must have major modification to be reliable with HP and keep the slide from rattling like a claptrap in its stock form. A leaf extractor has far more stress on it than a coil. Not really funny, just sad.
Most new 1911s are modified to work with HP and have tighter slides than a stock mil-spec 1911. That is good, but not all come like that.
It seems quite foolish to buy a 1911 and have to spend hundreds or thousands to get it as reliable and accurate as a Sig, Glock, S&W, ect. or any other auto that requires NOTHING out of the box.
Look, my friend, I've never claimed to have an encyclopedic knowledge of pistol design, but even I know there are "new pistol designs" that have no more of a feed ramp machined into/attached to the barrel, than does the century-old 1911. I've got a slide & barrel in my parts box, from a polymer framed handgun designed by the oldest firearms manufacturer on the planet, and the chamber end of the barrel looks more like a 1911 than a P35. Furthermore, if anyone wants a 1911 with an external ("lever and coil spring") extractor, they are readily available - one of the most respected handgun manufacturers in America has built them. If there's anyone here exhibiting "gross ignorance of pistol design" it is certainly not me.
The only thing that is funny to me is that people worship an obsolete pistol that must have major modification to be reliable with HP and keep the slide from rattling like a claptrap in its stock form. A leaf extractor has far more stress on it than a coil. Not really funny, just sad.
First, I do not "worship an obsolete pistol" - I personally find certain aspects of the traditional 1911 design (including the grip safety) to be cumbersome and irritating. Second, based on comments I've seen here and elsewhere, there are obviously 1911s available from established manufacturers that do not require "major modification" by the purchaser, "to be reliable with HP and keep the slide from rattling". And as noted above, if you prefer a 1911 with external extractor, they are most certainly available. Finally, I will note that the tilting barrel lockup used by both the 1911 and the P35 might be considered by some to be an antiquated (if not "obsolete") design, given that other methods have been developed and are currently available.
Every gun owner has an opinion. It's not unusual to see someone state, "Every [fill in the blank] is [fill in the blank]!" It's a free country; if you want to claim "all new pistol designs" have feed ramps like the 1930's Hi-Power, knock yourself out. Some might consider such buffoonery to be sad; as noted in my original post, I generally find it amusing...
Every 6.5 Creedmoor shooter talks incessantly about how much better their rifle/round is than whatever you happen to be shooting.
I suppose you might be able to suppress the 6.5 Creedmoor round, but I doubt the 6.5 Creedmoor owner can be quited.
I don’t have a robot dog, but I might rig up something
on my Jack Russell. Oh, he’d be a terror!
Yeah, that’s him alright.
I’m having a hard time teaching him the difference
between cover and concealment.
6.5 Creedmoor is a nice round. Great ballistics, and recoils like a .243.
That being said, it’s not the only game in town.
I would use a 30-30 for home defense before I would use a 6.5 Creedmoor, unless I was being threatened from 1000 yards away.
:^)
/chuckles
The fact 1911s MUST be throated to feed HP confirms it is an inferior design that is only good for "ball" ammo.
If you can show me a new design that is not a 1911 clone and does NOT have the feed ramp on the barrel, I'm all ears.
Also, all pistol designs use a tilting barrel with two noted exceptions. The German p-38 and the Beretta 92 (and Tarus clone).
They use a straight sliding barrel with a “falling” locking block.
I guess you should take a look at the Beretta PX4, either full-size or compact: the breach end of the barrel has no more of a feed ramp than a traditional 1911 barrel. I don't own a PX4, but as mentioned above, I happen to have a full-size slide & barrel assembly in my parts box. Obviously, there may be others, as well.
Also, all pistol designs use a tilting barrel with two noted exceptions. The German p-38 and the Beretta 92 (and Tarus clone).
They use a straight sliding barrel with a “falling” locking block.
You seem to be ignoring (1) blowback & delayed blowback designs (from H&K, Steyr, Walther, and others), many of which have barrels rigidly attached to the frame; (2) gas operated designs such as the Wildey (which I believe used a rotary bolt); and (3) recoil operated designs, in which either the barrel (Beretta PX4 except subcompact model) or a bolt (original AutoMag pistols?) rotate to lock/unlock the breech. Once again, there may be other auto pistol designs that do not use a tilting barrel (the Savage Model 1907 comes to mind): I do not claim an exhaustive knowledge of handgun design...
My thoughts exactly.
6.5x284 would like to enter the conversation....creed who?
The PX4 uses a rotating barrel, in which having the feed ramp on the barrel would not work. I'm sure it is a fine weapon (and may be superior to others), but I do not see it in common use and issued to LE departments like the 92, Sig, Glock, CZ, ect.
The Wildey and .44 Automag are rare. My comments were aimed at mainstream common auto pistols, but I was not clear. Thank you for the correction. Your knowledge of the pistol market is quite extensive.
Obviously, comments on the mainstream market are probably more meaningful; not too many AutoMag or Wildey pistols out there (or people looking to become owners ;>)! It was only random chance, that I had any familiarity with the PX4, or Beretta/Stoeger Cougar (an earlier rotary-barrel design). And just looking up some info on delayed blowback designs, it was interesting to come across the Heckler & Koch P7, Steyr GB and Walther CCP pistols: I had heard of the P7 but didn't know it was delayed blowback, and had never even heard of the Steyr or Walther...
No the Terminator robots are coming I want to own a RPG 7 or something equivalent cause some asshole is gonna armor these things against most small arms & put them into law enforcement !
SkyNet is aware?!?
Then you’ll need, “Phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range.”
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