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He's from a nation that was attacked before war was declared... And put through five years of it. Don't expect him to be the most sympathetic person in the world. You're looking at this in hindsight after, what, 60 years now? That's a lot of time for society to formulate its own feelings and...

Huh, I wonder if they're dealing with ice crystals possibly forming at all? That's the main problem (aside from fracturing) with simply freezing people and thawing them out later. You need to go directly from a liquid to a glass state. This, of course, isn't the same thing... More like...

Christ, you would think that if they were going to do this kind of crap job, they could have at least used anti-aliasing on the damn lines. *shudders* - Colt

This is utter bullshit. I'm really not sure what else to say. It's like communism run by rich people. Wait, wait... Now I remember some little spot in English history where some guy with a lot of money and political power was suddenly the owner of your land because he said so and because the...

I think the idea is to just use a hopper or something since the projectiles would be round and roll down a tube. No but compare just the size shown in the video to a normal MG that doesn't use as much ammo and has better weight to throw around and needs no exterior systems just to run, aim...

Tell me you're joking please. There might be a debate about 4-6 or LotR but the new ones? I don't think there's much to say really. Not that I hate the new ones but they're certainly way outclassed by the LotR trilogy in quite a few ways. - Colt

This "DREAD weapons system" looks like total BS to me. I've never seen that video before but I'm not impressed at all. Here was a fairly large discussion on it at a forum I visit that's full of technically-minded types: Hey Colt! Check this out... (Yes, they direct stuff like this at me...

I'll carry the nuke plant if you shoot shit, Wooz. We can feed the bodies of our enemies into the reactor. Let's roll!

Hmm... The reloading system is a good thing, didn't know about that. Still, for an unmanned vehicle, it won't work very well since there won't be somewhere there to do that for it (and an automatic system would be more complex than just a normal gun). The VLE is pretty impressive but even...

Err, this isn't like a normal rail gun and sure as hell not portable. If you look at the diagram, you can see that it just uses a ton of power to shove the plate forward a very small distances. - Colt

You still need fighter pilots even if you're going to make them autonomous. The computer has to learn from somewhere and it's doubtful that'll be from the tech guys programming it. Metal Storm is a good concept with neat applications (AA, opening doors, sentry guns, etc.) but they won't ever...

Wow. I had no idea they'd gotten them up to those kinds of speeds. I wonder how much power it takes and what they do to handle the shockwaves.

Goddamn. Fox News is usually stupid but that guy is a fecking MORON. Where can I sign up Elissar? *points at signature*

Interestnig idea. I'd forgotten about Metal Storm... could be one way to arm UCAVs with some sort of cannon. Their idea though is kind of odd... The recoil on that would be enourmous.

7/10 Like the SF look to it but I can't remember where it came from. I think it would be better if it were just the image without the name though.

They should theoretically be cheaper than manned planes because they're smaller, burn less fuel, and don't need any life support systems onboard. Of course, developing them and then the flight control systems (essentially uprated RC model stuff) might offset that by quite a bit especially by...

Or we just round up whoever made the sprite for it and have them shot.

Alright, I'm a crazy Alaskan who has an absurdly deep knowledge of firearms and can throw puny geeks several feet if need be. Who wants some?! :twisted:

It's going to be fairly accurate since the frame and barrel are rigidly attached. I don't think the recoil system is all that complicated. Now, if it were gas or something, sure, but recoil operated systems are generally simple. - Colt

I'd just go with making it a standard semi-automatic pistol... Would save you a ton of trouble and everything else in the bloody universe ponits to it BEING a magazine-fed semi-automatic pistol. - Colt