Whatever next?
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 12:52 pm
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3520 yards? Not accurately, well not yet!Tower75 wrote:Ah, this again. An interesting piece of kit that is.
I wonder what application these will actually have in the real world?* Trained marksmen can already put "dumb-" rounds on target out to and including two miles.
Could this be like the fletchet rifles everyone was trialling in the '70s, a flash in the pan that wastes millions, or could this be the next big thing?
*Said the man when he first saw the percussion lock.
Record for the longest kill is held by the British Armed Forces. Apologies, it was 1.5 miles.MiLisCer wrote:3520 yards? Not accurately, well not yet!Tower75 wrote:Ah, this again. An interesting piece of kit that is.
I wonder what application these will actually have in the real world?* Trained marksmen can already put "dumb-" rounds on target out to and including two miles.
Could this be like the fletchet rifles everyone was trialling in the '70s, a flash in the pan that wastes millions, or could this be the next big thing?
*Said the man when he first saw the percussion lock.
DARPA’s Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO) program recently conducted the first successful live-fire tests demonstrating in-flight guidance of .50-caliber bullets. This video shows EXACTO rounds maneuvering in flight to hit targets that are offset from where the sniper rifle is aimed. EXACTO’s specially designed ammunition and real-time optical guidance system help track and direct projectiles to their targets by compensating for weather, wind, target movement and other factors that could impede successful hits.