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The
has a range of roughly 7,800 feet - and is to be deployed in
Afghanistan soon. I would call it the "Equalizer." Some call
it the
"Punisher".
The
rifle's gun sight uses a laser range finder to determine the
exact distance to the obstruction, after which the soldier can
add or subtract up to 10 meters from that distance to enable
the bullets to clear the barrier and explode above or beside
the
target.
Soldiers
will be able to use them to target snipers hidden in trenches
rather than calling in air
strikes.
The
35-millimeter round contains a chip that receives a radio
signal from the gun sight as to the precise distance to the
target.
Lt.
Col. Christopher Lehner, project manager for the system,
described the weapon as a 'game-changer' that other nations
will try and
copy.
The
Army plans to buy 42,500 of the MXT135 rifles this year,
enough for every member of the infantry and special forces, at
a cost of $11,900.00
each.
Lehner
told Fox News: "With this weapon system, we take away cover
from [enemy targets] forever. Tactics are going to have to be
rewritten. The only thing we can see [enemies] being able to
do is run
away."
Experts
say the rifle means that enemy troops will no longer be safe
if they take cover. The MXT135 appears to be the perfect
weapon for street-to-street fighting that troops in
Afghanistan have to engage in, with enemy fighters hiding
behind walls and only breaking cover to fire
occasionally.
The
weapon's laser finder would work out how far away the enemy
was and then the U.S. Soldier would add one meter using a
button near the
trigger.
When
fired, the explosive round would carry exactly one meter past
the wall and explode with the force of a hand grenade above
the Taliban
fighter.
The
army's project manager for new weapons, Douglas Tamilio, said:
''This is the first leap-ahead technology for troops that
we've been able to develop and
deploy."
A
patent granted to the bullet's maker, Alliant Tech systems,
reveals that the chip can determine how far it has traveled.
Mr. Tamilio said: "You could shoot a Javelin missile, and it
would cost about $69,000. These rounds will end up costing
$45.00
apiece."
They're
relatively cheap. Lehner added: "This is a game-changer. The
enemy has learned to get cover, for hundreds if not thousands
of years. Well, they can't do that anymore. We're taking that
cover from them and there's only two outcomes: We're going to
get you behind that cover or force you to flee." The rifle
will initially use high-explosive rounds, but its makers say
that it might later use versions with smaller explosive
charges that aim to stun rather than
kill.
This
is what one of the revolutionary bullets looks like that can
be pre-programmed to explode to hit troops that are
hiding.
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