I see, must be the effect of the camera, seem weird to use a sabot for this.
PLA Small arms
- Thread starter Vanguard1688
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DNJ-151(?) at the firing range.
Something more advanced already exists in the civilian market:
Why it's not in widespread use? Probably not worth the extra cost and infantry small arms make up a staggering small percentage of casualties to warrant the extra batteries and maintenance. For reference on the supplier website a m4 kitted with this scope will only operate for 3.5 hrs per charge and cost $7k USD.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
First is the cost factor but that’s less a deal breaker than it seems atleast to the west. On that most of the issue was the degree of modifications. You basically were better off doing what Tracking point tried to do in the end of selling their own rifle from the factory. This was because it wasn’t just the optic which they had hoped it to be but also the battery, fire control group and laser reflector front sight. Second was the ruggedness which tracking point wasn’t able to meet. Third was added weight which was fairly high for such a configuration. As a police Sniper system Tracking point was probably better optimized.
As a combat rifle especially an infantry one no go. Two systems later emerged that were better suited to the task by being first just an optic and second without the modifications to the rifle’s trigger group. The Israeli Smart Shooter and the US XM157. The latter is stated to have some ability to stream video to a separate device or atleast aims for such (always intend your puns). As does the US issue ENVG system.
Somewhere in Xinjiang...
