New weapon for US soldiers can wipe out drones and enemy in trenches with rapid fire air burst grenades. These are $50K per gun for the version being reviewed. This is a follow up to previously failed grenade weapons.
One shot clears a room or can take a section of trench.
Semi auto grenade launcher with a flat shot for accuracy
Better power than prior rapid fire grenades and a better blast pattern. It can hit within 2 inches at 100 meters. Pretty accurate out to 500 meters.
42 pellet inside one type of round which is like 4 shotgun blasts in one shot.
They are working an anti armor round with a tungsten penetrator or an explosive tip with a tungsten follower.
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And yet the use of grenades not a war crime.
The use of grenades has never been a war crime, all militaries issue hand grenades and grenade launchers, which do not launch hand grenades but are really mini-artillery.
Thats an actual Bolter right for sure. The Emperor does indeed protect! The background rifle at 13:00 even comes with a purity seal attached.
Though, for 50K a pop, I’d rather have a supply of $1000 drones that I can just throw in the air from my hiding place, and trust the onboard AI to home in on the first target human/ aperture/ vehicle it spots.
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I think lasers are the way to do it.
Lasers can’t fly through a window and explode to get the guy next to the window.
However, if you can pulse the laser, you can cause an explosion as the wall vaporizes.
You will need a large convoy of trucks to carry such a beast however
The last one (xm25) failed because the shells were lighter than 400 grams.
That classifies them as explosive bullets, and that is a warcrime
No, it failed because the payload was small and unreliable. It was dangerous to the user.
And the US is not a signatory to The Hague Convention so it does not recognize war crimes with regard to small arms ammunition.
It generally follows The Hague Convention voluntarily but is not legally bound by it.