Re: ZH-05 OICW
Weapons need only be sufficiently lethal to be effective and if there's some form of a new explosive compound that in smaller doses is just as effective as a current hand grenade, it will be issued,...
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The "air burst" is useful for clearing rooms from the outside... with the US version you aim at the wall below a window then click on the laser rangefinder. You then aim through the window at the back...
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It's had good commentary from the people who've taken them out to use in the field.
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bager1968 wrote:The "air burst" is useful for clearing rooms from the outside... with the US version you aim at the wall below a window then click on the laser rangefinder. You then aim through the...
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Like I said, useful but not a game changer. There was an incident in Basra when a Brit force came under fire from an RPG plus AKs. Took a while to spot the fire position because the AKs were being...
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I do wonder why they bothered applying such advanced technology to such a small round, especially when to achieve the precision required to place the grenade exactly over the target, you will have to...
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ChrisPat wrote:Like I said, useful but not a game changer. There was an incident in Basra when a Brit force came under fire from an RPG plus AKs. Took a while to spot the fire position because the AKs...
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A G Williams wrote:I do wonder why they bothered applying such advanced technology to such a small round, especially when to achieve the precision required to place the grenade exactly over the...
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Post the projected grenade through the window and follow up by posting a hand grenade and following up. British troops learned that you can't rely on a grenade burst to clear a space you can't see in...
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istobie wrote:There were a couple of drivers - one being the intention to combine the launcher with a 5.56 mm weapon originally - so to get the weight down to something manageable, the smaller round...
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I was thinking of the XM25 when I was writing, in terms of the evolution from the OICW to the XM25 - apologies for any confusion, Ian
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How much range is "enough" for a air burst hand held weapon? I would expect anything over 300 yards, infantry would have trouble hitting the targets, plus weapons like mortars, automatic grenade...
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Cody2 wrote:How much range is "enough" for a air burst hand held weapon? I would expect anything over 300 yards, infantry would have trouble hitting the targets, plus weapons like mortars, automatic...
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A G Williams wrote:Cody2 wrote:How much range is "enough" for a air burst hand held weapon? I would expect anything over 300 yards, infantry would have trouble hitting the targets, plus weapons like...
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Cody2 wrote:A G Williams wrote:Cody2 wrote:How much range is "enough" for a air burst hand held weapon? I would expect anything over 300 yards, infantry would have trouble hitting the targets, plus...
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A G Williams wrote:Cody2 wrote:A G Williams wrote:Cody2 wrote:How much range is "enough" for a air burst hand held weapon? I would expect anything over 300 yards, infantry would have trouble hitting...
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Cody2 wrote:I'm not ignoring the 7.62 machine gun. The air burst weapons have a specific purpose, to hit enemy troops behind some sort of vertical cover. A machine gun or rifle can't accomplish...
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I read somewhere that the Chinese believe it's sixty percent more effective in urban combat than a mortar, presumably in that fifty to sixty millimetre range.
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Global bullyman wrote:Why not an impact-delay fuse and fire the grenade into the ground (or off a wall) and let it bounce up and then explode? Such "jump" grenades, with a small nose charge and...
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