The Landwarrior System

[MMcCall]

and what happens when your space gun gits wet? perhaps an EMP blast hits the equipment, then what? all these "toys". why do they need yet another thing that could break at any time on them?

What exactly do you think they're doing over there at Picatinny? Eating donuts and looking at internet porn?

It's called "research" for a reason. I'm sure little things like water and electricity are included in their test regimen. Dismissing all this R&D as "playing with toys" is pointless and ignorant.

they already have a finicky .22 prone to jams and breaking.

Which is precisely why we need to be coming up with the next generation of weapons and equipment, eh?

 

[PaladinX13]

Please, we're not so antiquated that water + electronics = failure are we? As for EMP, you might as well ask what if the enemy starts using microwaves or firestorms to cook off all your ammo.

 

[Navy joe]

One day this stuff will work and work well. When it does it will be a leap forward, but you can't un-invent a supressed .308 that can hit within an inch at 300yds or A bunch of TNT at a soldier's R&R retreat. You will have to be patient, pick your battles, and be vewy, vewy quiet and then you too will have a shot at owning some of this high tech gear once the owner doesn't need it anymore.

It will change warfare, just don't expect it to be any less deadly/ sanitary of a war.

 

[Bigjake]

MMcall-

If they are doing more than eating donuts at picatinny, then why is it still a .223?

Destructo6-

i see how it works, but when the enemy figure this out all they gota do is use a few easy to make smoke bombs and theres the end of your rangefinder.

PaladinX13- you'd be suprised to see what the PRC is up to over there...


I'm sceptical i guess. Just to many things that can go wrong IMO.

 

[Destructo6]

If they are doing more than eating donuts at picatinny, then why is it still a .223?

Probably, in a large part, for the same reason that we didn't go with the .260 (.243 or what was it?) when we adopted the Garand: we have lots of .223. Another reason for this particular system, that of the XM29, that the .223 weapon is just a backup for the 20mm grenade launcher.

i see how it works, but when the enemy figure this out all they gota do is use a few easy to make smoke bombs and theres the end of your rangefinder.

And naked eyes would see through such smoke? Wouldn't an IR laser be unaffected by smoke?

 

[Coronach]

No one is claiming it is an invincible uberweapon, BigJake. Sure, smoke could easily render that one part of it inoperable.

Hey, wait...smoke that thick will make it mighty hard to see where to throw the grenades, too. Ah well...

As with most things, there are people who get overly excited with new gee-whiz technology, and there are those who are still upset that we have replaced our trusty longbows with those unreliable muskets.

I mean, come ON. That system will never work. A bit of flint strikes some steel and ignites a charge of powder behind a ball, propelling it down a metal tube...what freakin' MORON thought this up?



Mike