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Author: | ProfessorF [ Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:12 pm ] | |||||||||
Post subject: | Self-guided bullet prototype can hit target a mile away | |||||||||
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-01-self-guided-bullet-prototype-mile.html |
Author: | jonbwfc [ Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:16 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Self-guided bullet prototype can hit target a mile away |
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Author: | davrosG5 [ Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:57 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Self-guided bullet prototype can hit target a mile away |
Isn't that the idea of the weapons used by the High Guard in Andromeda? I'm sure their projectiles could go round corners and home in on targets. |
Author: | jonbwfc [ Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:12 pm ] | |||||||||
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I'm sure it's not a new idea by any means. I'd imagine pretty soon after the first guided rockets (i.e. missiles)someone was thinking 'wow, what if we could get a gun that fired tiny rockets like that instead of bullets?' After all you could describe these things as 'micro missiles' just as much as 'smart bullets'. Especially given the article suggests they have inbuilt propulsion - a bullet doesn't generally have that. Jon |
Author: | JohnSheridan [ Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:35 pm ] |
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Terrorists will love this idea ![]() |
Author: | soddit112 [ Wed Feb 01, 2012 5:09 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Self-guided bullet prototype can hit target a mile away |
one step closer to this ![]() on a serious note, weren't they already doing this sort of thing with tank shells? i suppose being able to fit that system into a smaller space is pretty impressive though. |
Author: | jonbwfc [ Wed Feb 01, 2012 5:38 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Americans had one for a while, the Shillelagh missile system. Wasn't very successful. These days it's much more about making a 'dumb' projectile travel as fast as possible to the target. You can make the tank shells pretty much a big lump of metal (and therefore quite cheap) and as long as they travel fast enough you don't really need to worry about guidance because the target won't have moved very far in the travel time of the round. Also, tank shells are heavy enough not to be deflected by anything while en route so as long as it's on target when you start, you'll probably hit it. Basically what they used to call HVAP, but really, really fast. That's basically what an APFSDS round is...
Plus having electronics able to survive the journey. The G forces applied to a bullet are a bit extreme. |
Author: | l3v1ck [ Wed Feb 01, 2012 6:41 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Self-guided bullet prototype can hit target a mile away |
So if they develop a heavy duty sniper riffle version, how far will that go? |
Author: | rustybucket [ Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:11 pm ] | |||||||||
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About the width of a small river I should think. ![]() |
Author: | jonbwfc [ Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:20 am ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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According to wikipedia, the longest recorded lethal shot with a 'dumb' bullet is just under two miles...
Although I have to say I'm more impressed by this...
17 meters! It's like firing a bullet round a sodding corner. I read an interview with Corporal Harrison, who did say that it was pretty much ideal conditions - high up so thin atmosphere to reduce atmospheric drag on the round, no wind, clear day, Taliban soldiers dumb enough to sit still in the open - but it's still.,, well, a hell of a long way. Given a smart bullet is heavier it's not going to have the same effective range which might offset the accuracy somewhat. I suspect the point is to improve the percentage chance of killing your target at standard engagement ranges (which are usually less than one mile) rather than allowing kills at longer ranges. Jon |
Author: | l3v1ck [ Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:43 pm ] | |||||||||
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Pah, Angelina Joliee and James McAvoy can do that without special bullets ![]() |
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