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2011/03/17 23:18:54
Subject: US Army to deploy Individual Gunshot Detector, essentially a radar for bullets
Latest in our series of "when video games turn real," here's the US Army's newest addition to the wargadget arsenal. The Individual Gunshot Detector, produced by QinetiQ, is an acoustic monitor attuned to tracking down the source of gunshots just by their sound. It has four sensors to pick up the noise of incoming fire, and its analysis of those sound waves produces a readout on a small display that lets the soldier know where the deadly projectiles originated from. The entire system weighs just under two pounds, and while it may not be much help in an actual firefight -- there's no way to distinguish between friendly and hostile fire -- we imagine it'll be a pretty handy tool to have if assaulted by well hidden enemies. 13,000 IGD units are being shipped out to Afghanistan later this month, with a view to deploying 1,500 each month going forward and an ultimate ambition of networking their data so that when one soldier's detector picks up a gunfire source, his nearby colleagues can be informed as well.
I highly doubt I will ever see that, the Army has enough trouble replacing broken sights on weapons, nods that don't work, and waiting a year and a half to buy more IR lasers for weapons...
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2011/03/18 01:47:51
Subject: US Army to deploy Individual Gunshot Detector, essentially a radar for bullets
frgsinwntr wrote:thats awesome! they need this to take out snipers and such. Much needed protection for our soldiers.
Not really of much use. A good sniper fires only once.
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2011/03/18 01:49:45
Subject: US Army to deploy Individual Gunshot Detector, essentially a radar for bullets
Haven't they had these available for vehicles for a few years now?
I mean, I do understand the need for one in a team without vehicles, just asking.
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2011/03/18 01:56:56
Subject: US Army to deploy Individual Gunshot Detector, essentially a radar for bullets
Here I thought soldiers already had some capacity to figure out where bullets were coming from...
Then again I don't really know how this thing works. Does it just point out the direct or does it give some kind of distance? That's the thing for me I guess. I don't see a need for a device that says "shooter that way." Soldiers already know how to figure that out, and I doubt some gadget that does the same job is really worth it's cost.
Orlanth wrote:Not really of much use. A good sniper fires only once.
Lots of snipers aren't actually that good though. Particularly the ones in Afghanistan.
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2011/03/18 03:48:01
Subject: US Army to deploy Individual Gunshot Detector, essentially a radar for bullets
I Guess it is a good upgrade from the current "squad level gunshot detectors": The Afghani/Iraqi defense force members that always look scared sh*tless hoping not to take the first bullet out on patrol with the infidels:
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brit forces have been useing it for a while now ..it gives direction to a few degrees and distance to a few meters about 2-3 secounds after it registers the report of the round its good untill the shooters workout they need to move ..oh and it dosnt work with suppressors and can get confused from echos from out going rounds ...
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