The US already tried this shit in the 90s. The OICW - Objective Infantry Combat Weapon was a 20mm programmable smart grenade launcher. The thing was stupid as all hell and was scrapped after 8 years of testing. They couldn't make the thing practical. Look at the controls :agony-consuming:
The US already tried this shit in the 90s. The OICW - Objective Infantry Combat Weapon was a 20mm programmable smart grenade launcher. The thing was stupid as all hell and was scrapped after 8 years of testing. They couldn't make the thing practical. Look at the controls :agony-consuming:
Imagine pulling out a fucking 150 page instruction manual in the middle of a firefight
“guys! Guys! hold on! everybody stop shooting! I gotta figure out if which of the buttons on this damn thing makes it go”
Okay but the HE/KE switch is baller
High Explosives / Kinetic Energy, if anyone else was wondering. I think, anyway.