future weapns
- 2. Panzer Howitzer 2000 55-ton self-propelled howitzer. Priming, loading and clearing artillery rounds is 100% automated. The maximum range of the gun is about 18 miles, but with "smart" rounds the range increases to 34 miles.
- 4. Allows operator to shoot around corners with out exposing himself, The barrel can rotate up to 63 degrees to the left or right The weapon is fitted with a 40mm grenade launcher.
- 6. Barrett M107 Rifle The M107 fires the powerful .50 caliber ammunition. With an effective range of over 5,000 ft. The standard M107 comes with a 10X telescopic sight and bipod. 10-round semi-automatic action lets the shooter shoot multiple rounds at a high rate of speed.
- 8. Metal Storm Metal Storm uses a system that combines gun barrel and magazine, so that the only moving parts are the projectiles themselves. The bullets are fired electrically (thousands of rounds per second). With no other moving parts, jamming is never a problem.
- 10. Airborne Laser A powerful chemical oxygen iodine laser in a turret on the nose of specially modified Boeing 747-400 air freighters. Using infrared lasers to pick up enemy missiles, the system would fire a 3-5 second laser burst to bring down each target.
- 11. Sensor Fuzed Weapon (A) deploys the 10 submunitions. (B) At a preset altitude, the parachutes are rocketed out Rockets in the submunition canisters (C) lift them up and then spin to disperse the skeet bombs (D). Infrared sensors in the bomblets then search for targets that are taken out with small powerful warheads
- 12. MOAB Bomb Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb weighs 21,000 pounds and carries nine tons of explosive. It's 30 feet long and 4 feet across. Called the “Mother of All Bombs”
- 13. Thermobaric Bomb Combing heat and pressure the bombs destroy inaccessible targets. Thermobaric bombs are ideal weapons for packing massed heat and pressure into a tight space.
- 14. LRAD Weapon 3 feet in diameter and weighing 45 pounds, the black circular device emits an intense 30-degree-wide high-pitched shrill tone that can easily cause permanent auditory damage at close range. It is typically used at ranges of 300 to 500 yards as a warning or deterrent weapon.
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