Comments on: Rifle Robots Rigged and Ready http://defensetech.org/2007/08/02/rifle-robots-rigged-and-ready/ The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:24:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robhttp://defensetech.org/2007/08/02/rifle-robots-rigged-and-ready/#comment-190831 Rob Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:07:07 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3653#comment-190831 I see a few great uses for this type of robot in Afghanistan as detectors, video surveillence & remote snipers... They could be rapidly airdropped in isolated border areas where 'insurgent traffic' is common. They could be placed outside base peremeters They could also be set to patrol tunnels I see a few great uses for this type of robot in Afghanistan as detectors, video surveillence & remote snipers…

They could be rapidly airdropped in isolated border areas where ‘insurgent traffic’ is common.

They could be placed outside base peremeters

They could also be set to patrol tunnels

]]> By: stephen russellhttp://defensetech.org/2007/08/02/rifle-robots-rigged-and-ready/#comment-164931 stephen russell Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:56:27 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3653#comment-164931 Need these on the US Mex Border & Iraq. Nice. Have 1 Unit guide about 100 SWORDS into action./ Mount with 360 arc Gun Module. Add Pain Ray array Mini, Minigun Grenade Launcher NV IR PA Self destruct bomb Guided by I Phone, PDA, cel phone or Remotecontrol wand. 5 SWORDS can keep the narcos busy until Heavy Guns come on in. Sweet. Add 50 cal Barrets rifle to mix. 100 rounds. Need these on the US Mex Border & Iraq.
Nice.
Have 1 Unit guide about 100 SWORDS into action./
Mount with 360 arc Gun Module.
Add Pain Ray array Mini,
Minigun
Grenade Launcher
NV
IR
PA
Self destruct bomb
Guided by I Phone, PDA, cel phone or Remotecontrol wand.
5 SWORDS can keep the narcos busy until Heavy Guns come on in.
Sweet.
Add 50 cal Barrets rifle to mix.
100 rounds.

]]> By: txzenhttp://defensetech.org/2007/08/02/rifle-robots-rigged-and-ready/#comment-164930 txzen Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:12:15 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3653#comment-164930 Sure you can stop it. It is still interesting to think you can have armed patrols where no risk of human life. The robot could have sensors, acoustic and visual that tell you where shots are being fired from. You almost want it to be shot at if it does. Sure you can stop it. It is still interesting to think you can have armed patrols where no risk of human life. The robot could have sensors, acoustic and visual that tell you where shots are being fired from. You almost want it to be shot at if it does.

]]> By: demophilushttp://defensetech.org/2007/08/02/rifle-robots-rigged-and-ready/#comment-164929 demophilus Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:28:27 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3653#comment-164929 "How do you stop a robot with an M240? You don't." Sorry, I don't want to start a flamewar, but hyperbole aside, you'd stop it any way you'd stop other weapon systems, including humans with 240s. Shit, there are people right here at home who would go after SWORDS with a stolen Escalade, a bindle of crank, a short dog of Wild Turkey, and a pack of Kools. Fortunately, most of them are incarcerated, or otherwise institutionalized. Katyusha rockets, RPGs, IEDs, EFPs, 23mm, 12.7mm, even those 30mm Russian grenade launchers: anything you'd shoot at an APC can be used to kill a robot. Is SWORDS useful? Sure. Would I want one in the tool box if my ass were on the line? You bet. Let's just be a little realistic about what it can and can't do. I can't see from the pictures what it's elevation or traverse angles are, but worse comes to worst, you just might be able to drop a piano on the thing. Or a dumpster. Or, trap it in a pit. Somebody's going to learn how to neutralize this thing, or die trying. Keep that in mind, if only because someday the shoe may be on the other foot. We're not the only country out there building robots. “How do you stop a robot with an M240? You don’t.“
Sorry, I don’t want to start a flamewar, but hyperbole aside, you’d stop it any way you’d stop other weapon systems, including humans with 240s. Shit, there are people right here at home who would go after SWORDS with a stolen Escalade, a bindle of crank, a short dog of Wild Turkey, and a pack of Kools.
Fortunately, most of them are incarcerated, or otherwise institutionalized.
Katyusha rockets, RPGs, IEDs, EFPs, 23mm, 12.7mm, even those 30mm Russian grenade launchers: anything you’d shoot at an APC can be used to kill a robot.
Is SWORDS useful? Sure. Would I want one in the tool box if my ass were on the line? You bet.
Let’s just be a little realistic about what it can and can’t do. I can’t see from the pictures what it’s elevation or traverse angles are, but worse comes to worst, you just might be able to drop a piano on the thing. Or a dumpster. Or, trap it in a pit.
Somebody’s going to learn how to neutralize this thing, or die trying. Keep that in mind, if only because someday the shoe may be on the other foot. We’re not the only country out there building robots.

]]> By: Roy Smithhttp://defensetech.org/2007/08/02/rifle-robots-rigged-and-ready/#comment-164928 Roy Smith Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:16:51 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3653#comment-164928 If you think that land mines are inhuman,consider this,if we do go to war with Iran,then they will attack like they did during the Iran-Iraq war(& how the Soviet Union fought Germany in World war II) & that is a whole hord of foot soldiers leading the charge to clear any possible mine fields & the tanks & other armored vehicles following behind them.Very suicidal I know.These armed SWORDs can help augment our soldiers to be able to repel these swarm attacks.People can laugh at the idea of Iran doing this,but if they keep sending enough people wave after wave(& remember that human life isn't as valued by Iran as it is in the West,or at least supposed to be),they will eventually get through.Also when the rainy season would come in the Spring in Iraq,the Iraqis couldn't maneuver their armor because of the muck & mire in the swamps.Iran used small boats & hovercrafts to take islands one by one in Iraq during this time of the season during the Iran-Iraq war.Our armor would be useless if we went into Iran because of their mountains & that desert that defeated our delta force from rescuing the American Embasy hostages in 1979. If you think that land mines are inhuman,consider this,if we do go to war with Iran,then they will attack like they did during the Iran-Iraq war(& how the Soviet Union fought Germany in World war II) & that is a whole hord of foot soldiers leading the charge to clear any possible mine fields & the tanks & other armored vehicles following behind them.Very suicidal I know.These armed SWORDs can help augment our soldiers to be able to repel these swarm attacks.People can laugh at the idea of Iran doing this,but if they keep sending enough people wave after wave(& remember that human life isn’t as valued by Iran as it is in the West,or at least supposed to be),they will eventually get through.Also when the rainy season would come in the Spring in Iraq,the Iraqis couldn’t maneuver their armor because of the muck & mire in the swamps.Iran used small boats & hovercrafts to take islands one by one in Iraq during this time of the season during the Iran-Iraq war.Our armor would be useless if we went into Iran because of their mountains & that desert that defeated our delta force from rescuing the American Embasy hostages in 1979.

]]> By: ajayhttp://defensetech.org/2007/08/02/rifle-robots-rigged-and-ready/#comment-164927 ajay Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:22:32 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3653#comment-164927 If you view an infantryman as nothing more than a weapon with boots, then this machine would be a terrific replacement infantryman. Mind you, it's that sort of attitude that gets you into losing wars. I was told once by a proud airman that the unofficial motto of the USAF was KILL PEOPLE AND BREAK THEIR STUFF. My response was "No, that's the motto of Godzilla. The motto of the USAF should be PROTECT YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS FROM HARM." This is a machine for people who think KILL PEOPLE AND BREAK THEIR STUFF is the ideal motto for an armed force, when in fact it's a minor - and arguably not even the most important - part of what most armed forces do. If you view an infantryman as nothing more than a weapon with boots, then this machine would be a terrific replacement infantryman.
Mind you, it’s that sort of attitude that gets you into losing wars.
I was told once by a proud airman that the unofficial motto of the USAF was KILL PEOPLE AND BREAK THEIR STUFF. My response was “No, that’s the motto of Godzilla. The motto of the USAF should be PROTECT YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS FROM HARM.“
This is a machine for people who think KILL PEOPLE AND BREAK THEIR STUFF is the ideal motto for an armed force, when in fact it’s a minor — and arguably not even the most important — part of what most armed forces do.

]]> By: R Shttp://defensetech.org/2007/08/02/rifle-robots-rigged-and-ready/#comment-64160 R S Mon, 06 Aug 2007 01:57:47 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3653#comment-64160 BTW How many rounds does a regular soldier carry 7 or 8 M16 mags of 30 each rounds for a total of 210-240 rounds I would carry 8 rounds of 29 each for the A4 and 100 rounds for the M24. One case of chained 5.56mm would exceed that. That is a lot of ammo that very few soldiers would carry at any one time. Why should the robot be expected to carry any more than one case BTW How many rounds does a regular soldier carry 7 or 8 M16 mags of 30 each rounds for a total of 210–240 rounds I would carry 8 rounds of 29 each for the A4 and 100 rounds for the M24. One case of chained 5.56mm would exceed that. That is a lot of ammo that very few soldiers would carry at any one time. Why should the robot be expected to carry any more than one case

]]> By: R Shttp://defensetech.org/2007/08/02/rifle-robots-rigged-and-ready/#comment-164926 R S Mon, 06 Aug 2007 01:53:04 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3653#comment-164926 Being the lead engineer on the design of a much smaller version of this platform, I can assure you the UGV has numerous applications. It is in support of regular soldiers and can be used, just as with UAVs for long- term missions I.e manning a lookout along the border. Operators can get changed for a fresh, clean and alert operator. As an M24 sniper, I would be out for two weeks at a time alone. If this platform could replace some of the drudgery or risk, then all the better. Send a smaller model into a building before the troops move in. What is wrong with that? Don't slam what you don't understand. Being the lead engineer on the design of a much smaller version of this platform, I can assure you the UGV has numerous applications. It is in support of regular soldiers and can be used, just as with UAVs for long– term missions I.e manning a lookout along the border. Operators can get changed for a fresh, clean and alert operator. As an M24 sniper, I would be out for two weeks at a time alone. If this platform could replace some of the drudgery or risk, then all the better. Send a smaller model into a building before the troops move in. What is wrong with that? Don’t slam what you don’t understand.

]]> By: Brian Hhttp://defensetech.org/2007/08/02/rifle-robots-rigged-and-ready/#comment-164925 Brian H Sun, 05 Aug 2007 06:10:16 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3653#comment-164925 Eric; Range, 1000 yards. 5 cameras. Very stable platform, can handle .50 cal sniper rifles, too. Goes over rocks, up stairs. Moves as fast as a running man, very quiet, doesn't get tired. Operator fires using sniperscope image on his laptop. No breath control, finger squeeze, yadda-yadda. Expendible. So shaddup arreddy. Eric;
Range, 1000 yards. 5 cameras. Very stable platform, can handle .50 cal sniper rifles, too. Goes over rocks, up stairs. Moves as fast as a running man, very quiet, doesn’t get tired. Operator fires using sniperscope image on his laptop. No breath control, finger squeeze, yadda-yadda. Expendible.
So shaddup arreddy.

]]> By: Sethhttp://defensetech.org/2007/08/02/rifle-robots-rigged-and-ready/#comment-64157 Seth Sun, 05 Aug 2007 03:19:40 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3653#comment-64157 How do you stop a robot with an M240? You don't. How do you stop a robot with an M240? You don’t.

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