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2011-02-14 Science & Technology

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Posted by Anonymoose 2011-02-14 13:37|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

Posted by gorb 2011-02-14 16:20|| 2011-02-14 16:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Needs to be integrated into a exoskeleton!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7351314.stm

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-02-14 17:04|| 2011-02-14 17:04|| Front Page Top

#3 I always get a hoot out of the exoskeleton idea, because its best application is not combat, but rear area. Such a tool would be invaluable in doing what could be the work of a hundred men, things like loading trucks. Without a healthy percentage of them injured in the process.

Norman Schwartzkopf was only able to pull off his hail Mary movement on the Saudi border because of a Herculean movement of supplies through hundreds of miles of desert, and by air. It is logistical movements like that, that determine the outcome of modern wars.

A machine that could speed that up many times would be worth its weight in gold.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-02-14 17:50|| 2011-02-14 17:50|| Front Page Top

#4 said the weapons "performed flawlessly" and no maintenance issues showed

use of the XM25 declared a war crime by the usual suspects in 5..4..3..

Posted by nGuard 2011-02-14 18:21|| 2011-02-14 18:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Moose speaks the truth. I was in the very front of the sweep of VII Corps wiht 2ACR. The logistics guys kept up with us even though we were hauling ass and had sprinted out 40Km in front of the Corps main elements. Gassed up and plenty of ammo is a nice way to be when your regiment has to chew through and open a breach in the side of 2 Guards mech/armored divisions.

Posted by OldSpook 2011-02-14 18:21|| 2011-02-14 18:21|| Front Page Top

#6 I take it the Talib are getting an object lesson in Concealment versus Cover, and finding that neither may matter anymore against US forces armed with this thing.

Just curious if this is supposed to be a squad weapon like an LMG (SAW or M60 type), or an individual like a grenade launcher.

If they could build in an over/under barrel that would fire 5.56NATO then you'd have the best of both worlds.

The only concern I have, now that it apparently does will in real filed conditions, is ammo weight and capacity. How much does a grunt need, versus how much can he carry.

Posted by OldSpook 2011-02-14 18:25|| 2011-02-14 18:25|| Front Page Top

#7 If they could build in an over/under barrel that would fire 5.56NATO then you'd have the best of both worlds.

It originally was part of a combined-weapons sytem called the XM-29, which got split into the XM-25 and the XM-8, which was a lot better than the M-4/M-16 for about the same price, but runs into the barrier that You Can't Ever Admit There's Anything Wrong With The Various M-16 Rifles...

You can type in "XM-29" and "XM-8" into the search engine of your choice to see what they looked like.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-02-14 18:34|| 2011-02-14 18:34|| Front Page Top

#8 On second thought: I may start a company to buy XM-8's and market them to the military. I figure if I rebadge them as "M-16A8"s I may be able to pull it off.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-02-14 18:37|| 2011-02-14 18:37|| Front Page Top

#9 No disrespect Gentlemen, but let's get under the bleachers AFTER the game, shall we?

Posted by Skidmark 2011-02-14 23:36|| 2011-02-14 23:36|| Front Page Top

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