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Interesting piece of technology. Sounds a lot like the XM-25 grenade launcher (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM25_CDTE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM25_CDTE) b
by hiddenfeatures 14y ago
Interesting piece of technology.
Sounds a lot like the XM-25 grenade launcher (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM25_CDTE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM25_CDTE) but without the air burst grenades.
I wonder why this has not been developed by the military / government.
- zeffr 14y ago"I wonder why this has not been developed by the military / government." They actually outlined this in the article. The reason pretty much boils down to the fact that gear specifically for the military has to adhere to whatever crazy shit the higher ups demand. This makes developing a proof of concept/ fully functioning, marketable device rather difficult as the costs begin to skyrocket. These guys took the opposite route: develop the tech, bring it to market, then let the military get in on it if they like it.
- hiddenfeatures 14y agoHa... I should stop scanning and actually read the articles on HN. Then again, maybe not.
- hga 14y agoA very large fraction of the small arms optics technology that the US military has been using in this century has followed exactly that part. Aimpoint, EOTech, maybe others, and of course conventional scopes.