The Army’s New Rifle Scope Can Predict the Path of a Bullet

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[Carlos Hathcock]

Snipers have been doing this for decades.

 

[pshift]

Yup. Computers are taking over everything but I'll wait until it hits the civilian market in about 1 billion years or so.

 

[FP1201]

and still 8 out of 10 won't be able to qualify.

 

[tgenec86]

The target control system in the Abrams main battle tank is so sophisticated that it accounts for the 2-3mm of muzzle droop once the tube heats up after firing a few rounds. With micro-electronics it was only a matter of time before that tech hit infantry level.

 

[Tisto]

The big gun ( Mk V ) on the Cutter I was stationed on compensated for pitch and roll of the ship, distance, heading of the target and the different ballistics of the various ammunition being used. All the aiming was done by radar. And that was more than 35 years ago.

 

[FRANKIE]

GO VORTEX

 

[meketrefe]

We need dumber phones and smarter people.
Same applies to weapons.

 

[tgenec86]

We need dumber phones and smarter people.
Same applies to weapons.

Yeah, but think about a highly skilled soldier on a critical mission with a practically "can't miss" sniper rifle. Terrorist leader? Buh-bye....

The only really scary thing is the mindless drones following Big Government's unconstitutional mandates, and the Intelligence service is full of the bastards.

 

[spat]

The big gun ( Mk V ) on the Cutter I was stationed on compensated for pitch and roll of the ship, distance, heading of the target and the different ballistics of the various ammunition being used. All the aiming was done by radar. And that was more than 35 years ago.

The Iowas had that in WWII.

It took an entire room on the ship to do it, and was as much mechanical as electrical (and definitely not electronic) but they had it.

Mark I Fire Control Computer - Wikipedia

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[Tisto]

The Iowas had that in WWII.

It took an entire room on the ship to do it, and was as much mechanical as electrical (and definitely not electronic) but they had it.

Mark I Fire Control Computer - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

The USCGC Northland WMEC 904 isn't in the same class as the Iowa in any regards, but for the mission it was designed, it performed well enough. The big gun was, as I recall, a 76mm. The ship only had the one turret. It could however, sink anything big enough to register on radar from a very long distance. It really was rather impressive.

 

[Shadow2]

2.7 billion for 250,000 pieces so whats the math on that per unit? So a scope with built in range finding and BDC ... This is not rocket science and should have been out years ago. link says Guaranteed hit smart scope ... I call BULLSHIT! How are they reading the wind? Kentucky wind-age will apply. All things considered looks like a nice toy to save up for. I Wonder if it can track rounds to target and adjust POA on the fly, hat would be impressive.

 

[spat]

2.7 billion for 250,000 pieces so whats the math on that per unit? So a scope with built in range finding and BDC ... This is not rocket science and should have been out years ago. link says Guaranteed hit smart scope ... I call BULLSHIT! How are they reading the wind? Kentucky wind-age will apply. All things considered looks like a nice toy to save up for. I Wonder if it can track rounds to target and adjust POA on the fly, hat would be impressive.

Lets hope the UI is better than the ATN scopes that have been doing this for over a decade.

But, yea, "guaranteed hit" is absolute marketing BS. It will speed up a firing solution, but all the accuracy is in the inputs. If you know the wind and range accurately you can do as well with any decent scope. If you don't have accurate data on both of those, no scope will be able to compensate.