Every bullet a tracer
ooh…got a little wood there, eh?
Well, not really a tracer… NO BODY wants all tracers in their magazines/belts. After all, we all know one of the basic rules – “Tracers work both ways”. That purty little streak that shows you where it’s headed in the dark also tells where it came from…no bueno.
A new add-on device, the ThermoSight HISS-HD, a long-range cooled thermal sniper and machine gun sight by Teledyne FLIR, offers high-resolution views at 2,200 meters, or more than 7,000 feet, and the ability to see the shooter’s bullet in flight even without tracers.
The HISS-HD is a clip-on thermal sight that fits in front of the existing weapon optic. It was originally developed for the .338 Norma Magnum machine gun, which is still under development, but is compatible with existing weapons such as the M240B machine gun, Fuller said.
The sight offers four times the resolution and clarity of existing thermal sights. What that means for shooters is the ability to see details as precise as whether a target’s hands are at their sides, or if they’re carrying a weapon even at distances over a mile. Military Times
Anyone who has picked up a recently fired bullet knows those little buggers are HOT. You rotate a bullet a quarter million times a minute (that’s actually a tad low) as it pushes through the air at an average speed of around a half a mile per second – there will be some serious stress, friction and heat on that projectile. But DETECTING that is more of a trick- by the time you see it, it has already stopped moving.
Imagine something that can see that heated track, co-witnessed (meaning in the same line) with your scope or whatever sights. Make that a box maybe 3″ square and 10″ long. Make it able to see that path and target- precisely – a mile and a half away even in daytime. And the other guys can’t see it.
That is some SERIOUS force multiplication.
And a .338 Norma Mag machine gun to boot? Viagra for gun bunnies.
Category: Army
Until you have to hump the ammo belted for such a large round…
Will they have to add another member for crew-serviced weapons just to hump that weight?
(Quit laughing. We all know they’ll reduce the crew size because of the force multiplication factor of the .338 Norma Magnum.)
Yup, 7.62 NATO MG belts are sufficiently heavy, as it is. But then .30 cal MG ammo was heavier.
That might be cool to have, but damnit; I want my bullets to be capable of starting fires. INCEDIARY FOR ME OR A…BRAN MUFFIN!
Dragon’s Breath rounds for a rifle.
You can probably buy an iRay CH50 clip-on for a fraction of the price.
Or, the Army could train plain old soldiers to shoot close quarters using tracers.
The trick is to make sure that YOU are not what made the projectile stop moving. Shoot and scoot…and make sure that your overwatch person is not being…watched.
Would be nice to see a bad guy, in the dark, that is still a mile + away from that North Wall.
Get some!