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re: Self-Guided .50cal Bullets
Posted on 7/11/14 at 2:06 pm to TeddyPadillac
Posted on 7/11/14 at 2:06 pm to TeddyPadillac
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so how does it actually change direction mid-air?
link doesn't say anything, which i guess i should have expected.
Straight from the link...
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Around 4-inches long, the bullets feature optical tips to detect laser beams shown on targets. Actuators inside the bullets then steer tiny fins on their surfaces, which guide them to targets based on information from the tip sensors.
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Posted on 7/11/14 at 2:08 pm to LSUBoo
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Around 4-inches long, the bullets feature optical tips to detect laser beams shown on targets. Actuators inside the bullets then steer tiny fins on their surfaces, which guide them to targets based on information from the tip sensors.
Sounds expensive.
Posted on 7/11/14 at 2:09 pm to KosmoCramer
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If we're just hearing about this now, we probably were using in in Nam
No we weren't
Posted on 7/11/14 at 2:12 pm to Mulat
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No we weren't
it was way too advanced to trust the rotorheads with
Posted on 7/11/14 at 2:15 pm to 777Tiger
Video isn't working for me.
Posted on 7/11/14 at 2:17 pm to 777Tiger
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it was way too advanced to trust the rotorheads with
Well I can tell you this, when an aircraft was shot down with a Mini-Gun, 7.62 Cal. 2 or 4K rounds per minute, my first pair of rockets went to that gun to insure it was not used on us. Having had that experience, it was a nightmare to have that weapon turned on you.
I can only imagine what they could have done if they captured a weapon like this Self Guided 50.
Posted on 7/11/14 at 2:17 pm to LSUBoo
Posted on 7/11/14 at 2:18 pm to CCC
Posted on 7/11/14 at 2:18 pm to Mulat
I was just jerking your chain Mulat 
Posted on 7/11/14 at 2:19 pm to Ace Midnight
quote:Comparative cost versus guided missile? Can they target from a drone? I thought the trend was to remove soldiers from the battlefield and fighting more remotely.
Sounds expensive.
Posted on 7/11/14 at 2:20 pm to GeauxWrek
also, is that pack of camels in the helmet racist?
This post was edited on 7/11/14 at 2:22 pm
Posted on 7/11/14 at 2:21 pm to GeauxWrek
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Comparative cost versus guided missile? Can they target from a drone? I thought the trend was to remove soldiers from the battlefield and fighting more remotely.
hell, that's no fun! why don't they just settle conflicts by playing video chess then?
Posted on 7/11/14 at 2:22 pm to 777Tiger
quote:Oh hell yeah, I knew that, it was a good laugh
I was just jerking your chain Mulat
but I want you to know I blew up at least 3 Loaches, Scout, - OH-6's because we could not get them out, it was too hot. That first pair had to hit the gun or it may just get dislodged and used to rebuild another they may have.
Posted on 7/11/14 at 2:24 pm to Mulat
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but I want you to know I blew up at least 3 Loaches, Scout, - OH-6's because we could not get them out, it was too hot. That first pair had to hit the gun or it may just get dislodged and used to rebuild another they may have.
what were you flying, a snake?
Posted on 7/11/14 at 2:26 pm to 777Tiger
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what were you flying, a snake?
Yes I was the Lead Gun for a Cavalry unit, D Trp 3/5 Cav
I just sent all the guys I flew with the link for the Self Guided 50, I know they all will be thankful it was not there.
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