"Syrian Rebel Jury-Rigs A Remote Controlled Rifle" Topic
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| Tango01 | 27 Mar 2013 12:12 p.m. PST |
"…In the video above, recently posted to LiveLeak, a young rebel runs a length of cable from what looks like an FN Herstal rifle on a tripod to a wooden-seeming box containing a small LCD display and four green knobs ringing a smaller red button. The green display shows the scene outside the cinderblock building that's serving as his sniper position, via the rifle scope. The rebel is seated maybe ten or 15 feet away on a chair, around the corner. Should his adversaries try shooting back in the direction of his fire, their bullets will miss him…"
Full article here. PlayStation tank controller?
Remote sniper rifles? Modern wargames became day by day most like SF. Amicalement
Armand |
| emckinney | 27 Mar 2013 1:58 p.m. PST |
Link is missing. The rebs used similar controllers for a "tank" that they built. |
| Major Mike | 27 Mar 2013 3:08 p.m. PST |
Not surprising as there were website that you could hunt from that had remote control rifles. |
| Steve Wilcox | 27 Mar 2013 4:38 p.m. PST |
Link is missing. Here ya go! link |
| Tango01 | 27 Mar 2013 10:33 p.m. PST |
Thanks Steve.
I'm getting old. (smile). Amicalement
Armand |
| Eli Arndt | 29 Mar 2013 4:48 p.m. PST |
Face it boys, the high-tech toys are out there. You just need some know-how and a credit card. -Eli |
| CFeicht | 29 Mar 2013 4:56 p.m. PST |
Necessity is the mother of invention. Clever people these Syrian rebels. |
| Mobius | 29 Mar 2013 4:58 p.m. PST |
The Germans did something like that with MG42s in ETO. But they ran the cable to another spot where they had a view so they were not in complete cover. |
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goes to sea with the Terrain Mat.
