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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 08:51 AM Original message |
XM25 'Super Rifle' -- The Pentagon's Latest Toy That Won't Do Anything to Avoid Disaster in Afghanis |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. The Mexican drug cartels will have it soon |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. Great for killing innocent civilians hiding behind walls, too! |
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soryang (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. I read elsewhere it was $35,000 each |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. Of course, the target will remain stationary. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. What is the range of the shrapnel? |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. See #6 |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. A wounded soldier is more of a burden than a dead soldier. |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Good one. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. It seems that the weapon is designed to hit a more or less |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Sorry, the geneva conventions aren't going to help you |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. That's cold war pitched battle theory. A wounded fanatic can keep shooting at you. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. True, but I don't think they want to let him go with just |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. 2 meter kill, 5 meter wound, 10 meter minimum safe distance. n/t |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 01:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. The biggest benefit of that round will be forcing the enemy to change |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. That round is slightly less than 1"diameter. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. The official kill radius is 2 meters and wound radius is 5 meters. |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I wonder what the composition of the shell (exploding projectile) is. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Yeah not sure but it is replacing the 40mm grenade with one that has a 37% smaller diameter. |
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Petrus Romanus (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. We're not losing for lack of tactical advantage, |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 11:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. bingo |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
21. This is so much like Star Wars: the little furry critters with no technology |
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