DARPA's New Sniper Rifle

I hope this new weapon can give our troops the edge they need.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/8...ers-a-perfect-shot-across-12-football-fields/

It only heightens my budding interest in firearms more. Hey darpa, what about advances in the handgun for accuracy. My neighborhood militia unit of the future may need it.

 

The problem is not really the targeting system or at least how I see it. The problem is compensating for the grain of each individual round. Each round is not only weight but powdered differently. I think the best way would be to computerize each round. Create mini rockets that have on board targeting and are able to adjust course based off wind, and humidity. Why create a system who's goal is to reach 60% when sniper on the M24 and the .50 already achieve accuracy of greater than 95%

It seems a waste of money like the MSS or the Ground Warrior System.

 

Wow.. accurate up to 1,126 meters with crosswinds up to 20mph?? I would sure hate to be on the receiving end!! Thats awsome!!

 

Never happen. Well I shouldn't say never...

....the hardest question is to account for pushing the round off target after at 20mph gusts. As it is now you can guess how long each gust will last. If you think of it as a heart beat. You can fire as the wind blows or when the wind drops but at that distance there simply is not way to account for it.

Its wishful thinking at this point, and a waste of money. The effective range on the M107/M82A is already over a mile (1,800 m) and a cross wind of over 10mph. I don't think the differences in capability warrant this. It will be interesting to see however.

 

Blue Dancers - Degas

 

im partial to the .50 myself. After seeing how it fared in ballistic simulators (you know, simulators where geeks meticulously translate real-world data into digital form), it's hard to go back to anything else drag/distance/power wise. Kickback is a bitch and doesn't hold as many rounds as a m110, so it's not perfect. You don't have to worry about anyone getting up from a hit with that, regardless of what they're wearing or standing behind tho:smt026

I thought about plunking 9k down to own a civilian version of one. I'd just have to find a shooting range to take it to.

Of course, a projectile unaffected by gravity, winds, or distance (something light-based) would be perfect. Laser bullets, lol.

 

No man, you want to talk about KICK. Try putting a dragonov in your shoulder. It shoots a 7.62x54mmR and it doesn't have a buffer in the stuck big enough to handle that around. I don't care how big, how strong how tough you are. 10 rounds and that's it. To this day I can't eat cold food out of the right side of my mouth. Gawd...

...you know the .50 was never meant as an anti-personnel weapon. Its for light armored and shell topped vehicles. An amazing weapon. I have my personal M24 and you'd run into the same problem I had. Trying to find a range that will shoot long guns.

 

i dont know of any long ranges around here..just the occasional indoor ranges.

As for the .50, I remember reading about it as an anti-materiel weapon. But if I had to have ONE other gun in the truck with me, anywhere around the world, i'd want it to be a m107. Youtube had an interesting video up, of a spec-ops team being engaged in Iraq. One of the operators had a .50cal strapped to the hood or something, and immediately goes for it when they come under fire.



I also loved the MK12s for a bit. Guess I just love the form of the m16 too much.



I'd love to have one of these around. Just gotta google some outdoor ranges in the area.

 

Wonderful choice. <3 <3 <3

 

He crafted many sculptures of dancers too--evocative displays of grace and leg strength.

 

He also fathered my favorite art movement...the same movement that spawned my favorite artist.



Breakfast in Bed, Mary Cassatt


Oh, and the gun is really pretty, too

 

She had a really charmed life and, regrettably, I never knew that she was American-born.

I looked up the Houston Museum District and it seems well-appointed, but couldn't find any Impressionist collections.

P.S.: Yes, the gun looks like it could kill a lot of people.

 

Yeah, it's sad, but I saw a few Cassatt paintings at the MFA a few years ago. Brightened up my day almost as much as the Van Gogh, though it was definitely not one of his better pieces. lol There was a Monet that I highly enjoyed, though. What I mostly enjoyed was seeing paintings with my own eyes that I'd only ever seen in textbooks. lol I still get "fangirl" when I visit a museum and recognize a piece or a signature.

I think the real gem of the Houston Museum District isn't the classical works you can see (though there are plenty worth seeing aside from Impressionism) but the newer things scattered about in random small galleries. Like the small gallery one of my teachers has a long standing relationship with. Some of the paintings there were simply stunning. But that's modern art, so an entirely different animal altogether.

If you enjoy modern art, and you're in Houston, check out The Station. I was introduced to AES+F there (A Russian art group) that captivated me easily with their work. Especially "Suspects" http://www.aes-group.org/suspects3.asp

......The conflicting imagery of a sniper rifle thread-jacking by art kinda amuses me too much.

What are your thoughts on minimalism?

 

Other than Impressionist and pop art, I haven't really engaged with art from a movement standpoint. I do appreciate when a movement spills across several formats and gives the audience multiple opportunities to experience it as sound, visual image, or text. I read Waiting for Godot several years ago without knowing that it is considered a "minimalist" work. I'll need more time to digest the visual side of it.