so... this happened within the Australian Army today
and according to the aus army community FB page "The Digger Net" think its mentally retarded
have a look at the video
Seriously, is the R&D team are THIS fucking retarded? that adds more weight on the body, makes reloading a fuss and is damaging towards your back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1FspYLGokM
Fuck turnbull. fuck him in his stupid ass
>>73169036
>new zealand
Lol who cares faggot
>>73169321
im australian you fucking seppo
>>73169036
is this a joke thing by that carnik con guy?
>>73169353
clearly a sheepfucker with a proxy
>>73169353
Same thing but like i said who cares faggot
>>73169036
lol what happens if you let go of the gun?
>>73169446
who the fuck knows? these are way too retarded to be commissioned officers (Warrant Officer 1 is the highest rank in the NCO tree)
>>73169587
guessing the rope snaps or it just dangles and makes you look like a giant faggot
Our armed forces is run by cucks and trannies. Of course they'd think something like this is a good idea.
>>73169036
I'm assuming it's meant to be used for helicopter and other mounted gunners. I didn't watch the video, but if it's meant to be for dismounted troops then yeah I agree it's fucking retarded.
>>73170228
it is meant to be for the foot-troops
>>73170114
and who the fuck is that?
>>73169036
Even ignoring those issues wouldn't it increase muzzle rise while firing?
This is silly, did they have a SINGLE engineer on call to discuss this
>>73169036
I guess they didn't consider the idea that most infantry is mechanized these days and having a fucking claw off of your back is probably going to get caught on something.
>be austrailian
>military spending goes to a piece of shitty plastic
>piece of shitty plastic that holds the gun for you so you don't have to hurt your babby hands
What are you guys going to do with those subs
>>73170834
>be amerifag
>joined army/marines to fight for muh country
>never gets to due to mercenaries being deployed
>join private military company
>paid 10x more and serves with lesser time
what are you guys gonna do after you leave?
>>73169036
If it works..
>>73169036
Stop appropriating my culture, shitlord!
>>73171568
i was more thinking of the japs lol
Nothing like a shoot me pole sticking up behind you.
>>73169036
It's like the world's shittiest attempt to build pic related.
Seriously. If you're going to balance the weight of the gun for the soldier, you really can't do any better than a modified Steadicam mount like based Cameron chose to do.
People forget that the guy was an engineer and really knew his shit.
Too bad all you ausfags are too poor to afford the $15,000 per rig that a Steadicam gun mount would cost.
>>73169036
As a vet, the first thing I thought was...
>WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME LIKE I GOTTA DICK GROWING OUT OF MY FOREHEAD?!
>>73170414
You don't know the whole thing about that tranny officer?
We have had to give payouts to conservative officers that refuse to call it a woman and refer to him as a man. The tranny goes nuts and then the conservative gets a compensation payout from the army.
It is fucking ridiculous. here is a link so you can read more yourself.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/defence/unfriendly-fire-the-transgender-champion-and-the-mocked-major/news-story/5743f1d12bfe3d0953951c69ac83053a
>>73170682
Imagine walking through a thick forest with that thing on.
>>73169036
You sound like the cancer killing our national armed forces!! get out now. we don't pay you to complain. this is a piddly workplace problem of no national importance.
Methinks OP a labor voter
>>73171900
This.
Also, good luck walking indoors without that thing getting caught on something.
Unless ofcourse all aussies are manlet hobbits.
>>73172084
yeah but you would need a medium machine gun the size of a browning in order for it to be effective
but is there an actual IRL version of this? link plz?
>>73172309
fuck me dead... seriously? first they let kebab as head of the navy now this?
>>73172442
nah, i dont vote for anyone. they're all retards. and you sound like one of the retards that made this piece of shit
>>73172527
>hobbits (kiwis)
>australians
pick one
>>73169036
A real soldier gets out in the field Removes offending device and commences removal of kebabs.
>>73172675
Id skip the fancy gunslings and have YOU in town removing kebabs.since I am not in any control this is now up to you then.so please Name the R&D dick and we will remove him.
>>73172675
>but is there an actual IRL version of this? link plz?
No, because modern conventional combat requires the changing of body positions to be effective (ie: prone to kneeling, kneeling to standing). Can't really shoot a machinegun like that with a steadycam rig in the prone position.
And tripods have less moving parts and are less likely to break in the field. Conventional combat has exactly nothing to do with the best material. It has to do with the most robust materials that are reliable for long periods of time and statistically likely to succeed over a large number of uses/used by people.
Special forces? Maybe. In limited capacity. But only in very specific ways and I wouldn't be surprised if it already exists. But it doesn't need mentioning. It would be custom made and then sold or dismantled after-the-fact.
>>73172309
link doesnt let me, can you copy paste it?
>>73169036
That thing is going to be awkward as fuck when getting in and out of vehicles. I don't really see a practical use for this. Also, why the fuck does the SAW gunner need to be able to shoulder fire his weapon in the first place. He should be prone using the Bi-pod, not standing with this retarded contraption strapped to his back.
>>73173042
>Expecting these Fatty McFatAsses to get into the prone to their feet without gasping and scarfing a cheeseburger to recover.
>>73169036
So it's basically a crane that you clip onto your back? I guess it could be a good idea for LMGs and other heavy weapons. But it just looks so stupid
>>73172675
>>73172917
Actually
https://youtu.be/3MEnEPDUA1o
i bet they think they can use this to lighten the load for women or some bullshit
>>73173411
>Actually...
>It shows pics of them training in the prone position.
It changes exactly nothing of what I said. All of this is robust. And the video straight up agrees with everything I said in the technical briefing.
>>73173220
you may as well have the same rig from Alien with the smart gun. the guy who made it actually based it off from cameramen carrying cameras with this
>>73173411
yeah but thats for ammo, THIS is apparently is for reducing the weight of the gun (which it doesnt)
>>73173411
OH SHIDD :DDD
WE ENDWAR NAO
>>73172917
Yeah, I'd bet that the SOCOM has some sort of system like that, probably collecting dust on some shelf, that would sling the weight and possibly dampen recoil, allowing a single SF team member to become a walking M240, or even M2 tripod capable of urban/Close quarters combat.
It'd likely be useless for regular infantry, but I'd imagine that it'd be a real "killer app" for certain, very specific sorts of situations. Even Seal/Delta teams need heavy suppressive fire, sometimes...
>>73173744
Yeah. Anything labelled "special forces" gets the first pick out of the five tiers and first cut of budget expenditures. Which translates into: "I want that. Give it to me now." And they get it.
More than likely if someone fantasized about something being used in war they paid money for it and own a version.
>>73169036
y'all look like a bunch of fuckin snorks
>>73173834
Considering rumors of a certain capability possessed by US special forces that I'm not going to discuss any further here...
(Google the USMC SUSTAIN concept for an idea of what I'm getting at)
All I'll say, is that an IRL smart gun wouldn't be the first time that SOCOM was heavily influenced by something out of Aliens.
>>73169036
They can't lift their guns
holy shit
>>73169036
Old, unfit, people designed and pushed this thing to (old but wannabee) senior Army. People who can't or don't want to fall down and get up, and haven't got the physique to hold at tension any more.
Falling down, setting up, jumping up and running is simply better. Walking fire is for tanks.
DARPA has been working on exoskeletons for 10+ years. What the hold up is, idk?
I'm guessing hydraulics and dusty enviroment don't mix.
>>73174473
>8 hour max battery life
>>73174557
>implying most of the lithium batters the military has last any longer than that
>>73173690
The voice command on this game was pretty awesome
>>73174634
>more batteries = weight
>pounds = pain
>>73169036
I could use one of those for my dick
Completely retarded. The fact that this device could progress to the stage where it is displayed to the public brings shame to Australia.
I mean, jesus fucking christ.
You are just mad becouse your dumb ass brain cannot do these kind of innovations.
>>73174826
>exo-skeletons
I seriously don't get your argument. At all.
Some digger is going to hang himself off that thing trying to jack off on picquet and die.
I'm fucking calling it.
>>73169036
That's going to suck ass in the woods when it gets caught up on shit.
>>73175047
well once the batteries go dead the suit itself is useless. dead weight
Fucking sick. Full auto hip fire/run and gun into the towelies boys.
>>73175367
Then you take it off?
>>73169036
What is the hit ratio on emus and migrant boats¿
>>73175434
then the enemy gets $100k of gear
>>73175497
HOW DARE YOU? I WAS FRESH OUT OF KAPOOKA WHEN IT HAPPENED!
(just kidding, im a civfag)
>>73175434
>take it off and leave it
Fuck you. And your fat boy American attitude of wasting millions of dollars equipment behind cause its too heavy.
>>73175434
Exoskeletons would be a fucking nightmare, dude. The last thing you want to do, as a grunt, is have to field strip yet another piece of equipment after marching up a goddamn hill with 120lbs of shit on your back. And if it breaks down for any reason, and trust me, it will, you're fucked.
The only avenues that seem appropriate for exoskeletons is loading ordinance on aircraft, which is precisely what the Navy is considering.
>>73175550
>>73175647
>then the enemy gets $100k of gear
How, exactly? You do fucking realize the military has HMMWVs, right? You don't just fucking take shit into the field without field support...
Fucking Australians, I swear... No wonder you lost to Emus.
>>73175663
Hey dude. It's his argument. All the solutions are simple as fuck.
>>73175663
Imagine giving one dude an exoskeleton and getting him to carry all the miscellaneous shit you don't want to.
That's what I would use it for.
>>73175663
Holy fuck I would love to be an exo mechanic
I'm so fucking tired of HETs and MATVs
>>73169036
I'm sure the first person to use stirrups was considered silly too, but actually they are great.
This? I dunno.
I suspect it gives your position away too easily.
>>73175757
Which is why DoD is exploring ground-based drones so that you're not taking someone off the line to be the designated baggage bitch.
Imagine getting your ass ram flank speed by an exoskeleton
>>73175663
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=EdK2y3lphmE#t=176
>>73175745
since when you use humvees for marching?
fucking seppos, no wonder you suck at losing weight
>>73175885
Imagine a roo rigged with an exoskeleton running through your fuckin windshield.
But seriously. You can duel wield SAW thanks to this.
>>73175939
>He thinks there's no such thing as mechanized infantry.
>He thinks infantry and armor are all completely independent and do not support each other.
kek
The best shitposts have truth in them. This post was just shit, though. 3/10 for the effort but you can do better.
>>73176106
i know about mechanized infantry and light infantry
but this shit doesnt work out like that
>>73169036
>on the range
This is what happens when retarded officers and other paper pushers try to solve problems they know nothing about.
This is the only thing that a MG gunner should have on his back. No reloads and the weight on the back compensates for the weight of the gun.
>>73176258
Because you're a general in the US Army and what you say goes? :^)
>>73175863
That's the thing. I can't scream at a drone to fix its shit.
>>73176367
What do when jam
>>73176367
this is the thing, these arent commissoned officers, they're NCOs. but yeah they are paper pushers
When i was in the military i had 4 lockers that was as big as pic related and then a big box you put on top. Two of the lockers where field with the field shit that i used regularly like west, armor, helmt, boots and all that. One locker was filled with PT shit and clothes. The box was filled with sleeping bags and seasonal shit like winter clothing. The forth locker with shit that i was issued but i never used because it fucking sucked. You had to tackle the door to get it to close. Luckily we never had inspections of the lockers.
Guess which locker this contraption would have gone in to.
>>73176952
up Achmed's ass?
>>73169036
Oh my god this has got to be a joke. Those things are used by film crews to help hold cameras steady if you are going to be holding them for a while.
From my own experience using them, they are shitty and useless unless you are really holding it up for fucking ages with no break. Why would you be doing that with a M240 or whatever the fuck the gay cunts in the ADF like to call them.
This nations a fucking joke, so glad I didn't join the ADF now.
>>73176636
>What do when jam
Depending on the situation.
>Drop MG and engage with sidearm
>scream jam and drop down to the ground and have your buddy cover you while your try to clear it
>Rip it out and put a cassette or STANAG mag (if its a m249) into it
In other words, the same shit you normally.
>b-but muh link brake
That shit happens to pouches to, that is why you have spare ones you can use so that you can clear that shit later. If i had this i would just carry like 1-2 extra 100 round pouch and two magazines for link breaking inside the belt guide situations.
To bad its expensive as fuck though.
http://www.tyrtactical.com/products/details/backpacks/mico-light-and-heavy-machine-gunners-assault-pack/
>>73176367
I guess I really don't need my sleeping bag or food and water
>>73177363
first off, its not the MAG 58 its the F89 Maximi (which is the real name of the M249 SAW)
2nd, its not at all. its a more broken version of it
>>73177535
>I guess I really don't need my sleeping bag or food and water
Only when you where out sleeping in the field. Most of the days it was just a normal 8-5 job and you spend the day at the range/woods and then you went home and slept in your own home.
But they had to pay us more to do that so that only happened like 15-30 days a year.
>>73173637
Sorry, I meant that there was a non-retarded implementation of this that allows range of movement and doesn't increase your profile.
>>73169036
i like it
>>73177671
>F89 Maximi
No its not, that is just the name in your country. The real name is FN Minimi.
>still non using the FN Minimi and not the FN FN Minimi para.
topkek.
>>73177671
Maximi? is that a joke about Americans making fattened versions of guns?
>>73169036
Lol we don't even need an army, the invasion is by plane not by force.
Oh my god
Does k know about this?
