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| The Recon Rifle Grenade |
| 2004-11-04 |
| November 4, 2004: An Israeli company, IMI, is selling a rifle grenade containing a camera and transmitter. It is used to get quick pictures of the battlefield. Many nations still use rifle grenades, which fit over the front of the rifle and are propelled by the bullet for several hundred meters. The IMI Refaim recon grenade is fired nearly straight up, and, on the way down, provides several still pictures of the area underneath. These pictures are transmitted to a nearby laptop computer, or PDA, equipped with a receiver, and video software. The pictures can be zoomed, to see more detail. Such a grenade weighs less than a pound, so a unit with a properly equipped laptop, can use many of these grenades to great advantage, especially in urban combat. The recon grenade is a major improvement in air reconnaissance for combat units. In the past, it was almost impossible for front line infantry units to get current aerial photos of what was in front of them. Even getting a helicopter overhead is difficult. These recon grenades are a matter of life and death for the infantry using them. Clever |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #7 I can see a massive advantage to this over an RPV -- you could use this INSIDE buildings or caves. OK, I'd hate to lug around even a PDA in that kind of fight, but if it could be integrated with a HUD... |
| Posted by: Crawford 2004-11-04 6:39:21 PM |
| #6 Link to some Israel Military Industries (IMI) made weapons. |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-11-04 3:06:05 PM |
| #5 rats.... blown link. I'm back to normal. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-11-04 3:01:57 PM |
| #4 Yes, you're right it does sound like a Secret Estes Project, the hush-hush Cam Roc course that's not an a real Cam Roc... that's way black. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-11-04 3:01:27 PM |
| #3 RWV, "reusable?" And the Demoncrats say Conservatives aren't environment friendly. All that recycling in the military must drive the lillyliberals crazy. |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2004-11-04 2:41:06 PM |
| #2 One correction. A rifle grenade does not use a bullet to propell the grenade. It is a round similar to a blank but with more "juice". |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2004-11-04 2:34:27 PM |
| #1 Our guys use the RAVEN RPV to do pretty much the same thing except that it provides video and is reusable. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-11-04 2:15:28 PM |