"Smart" professional sniper rifle won
It took a few months after the announcement of the competition between professional sniper armed with a conventional rifle, and a newcomer with little experience in training, the armed "smart» Linux -vintovkoy. The results of the competition were on the official website of the manufacturer rifle TrackingPoint .
As a prize, the organization Chris Kyle Frog Foundation gathered a little more 500 thousand dollars for a professional sniper, if he can win a smart gun, using conventional weapons adopted for service in the army today.
Smart rifle is a high-tech gadget which helps the user to aim, taking into account various factors (strength and direction of wind, temperature, motion prediction, etc.).
The basic principle - the user presses the trigger, and according to the prompts navigator accompanies goal, but the rifle itself selects the most opportune moment for making the shot. The operating system used by Linux.
As an operator smart rifle was selected Taya Kyle , the founder of the center of psychological care servicemen Chris Kyle Frog Foundation.
As a professional sniper was selected Bruce Pyatt (Bruce Piatt), multiple champion of the NRA (National Rifle Association of USA), who used the weapon, put into service in the current time in the US Army. Bruce was allowed to use the range finder, conventional glasses - just everything that comes as standard equipment.
The competition was conducted in three phases, using three types of weapons (conventional weapons, weapons of high accuracy and sniper weapons). Also created stress conditions close to real - were used fog, explosions, randomly moving target. The shots were fired from sitting, lying down, standing, kneeling.
Realistic environment was estimated audience is very high, as in our days, and in the military operations and especially in special operations, preliminary thorough preparation to minimize such problems.
The result: Ty hit 100% objectives, Bruce - 58.6% Additional outcome:
The rifle from TrackingPoint could win in each individual event, with a huge margin. Taya managed to hit 100% of the targets of a fully protected position (the use of special glasses and cameras allow making shots so that the soldier's body remains in the shelter of the reach of enemy fire), Bruce was unable to make any effective shot of a fully protected position.
Contest produced natural wow effect on a lot of spectators.
Taya Kyle says that if the army will be equipped with smart weapons, it will save many lives of soldiers, police officers and special units, as well as minimize incidental loss and damage due to the exceptional collateral accuracy.
Company TrackingPoint says that the preparation of a professional army sniper costs are too expensive, and using smart weapons, can reduce the cost of training fighters and extra ammunition in the 3.2 billion i> annually. Smart weapons are a big leap in the development of military small business.
John McHale , CEO of the company, said that while the fleet moved from conventional vessels to aircraft carriers and air forces from simple airplanes to the supersonic aircraft, infantry still armed with guns (meaning guns - pistols, machine guns, etc.), in which the latter quality upgrade was almost 100 years ago. It's time to give them modern weapons.
Details stages.
Smart gun:
Rifle M600: 1900 Rifle improved accuracy M800: 3240 Sniper Rifle XS1: 5000 Rifle M4A1: 500 Rifle improved accuracy M110: 940 Sniper rifle M2010: 1640 Taya and clever rifle: 10140
Bruce and conventional weapons: 3080
Original article (English)
Taya Kyle, the widow of Chris Kyle, one of the most authoritative and well-aimed sniper USA.
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Source: geektimes.ru/post/268582/
