Sipsey Street Irregulars: Praxis: U.S. Military Deploys Gunfire Detection System

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Praxis: U.S. Military Deploys Gunfire Detection System

Willie and Joe, updated.

Willie: "Where's that coming from?"

Joe: "I dunno. I can't get the Individual Gunshot Detector set up without gettin' killed. I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages."

A new warfighting technology will soon be making its way to Afghanistan. U.S. Army forces will be getting gunshot detection systems, which can tell where a shot was fired from.

5 comments:

Charlie said...: "The sensors[...] can detect the supersonic sound waves generated by enemy gunfire."

What about subsonic rounds?

Also, as the first (and so far, only) reader to comment on the original article said, there's no such thing as "supersonic sound waves." Sound waves cannot travel faster than the speed of sound. Sonic booms do not move faster than sound, but rather, are caused by objects exceeding the sound "barrier." Heh.; March 19, 2011 at 9:17 AM
Dr. Richard said...: This is just extra junk to carry that will be of marginal to no use and that will slow down and exhaust our troops in the field. They are already loaded down with too much gear and are having heat exhaustion issues during summer. All you do is to encourage the bad guys to use firearms supressors and subsonic ammunition. Furthermore, they don't work (even for 50 BMG) when there is long-range sniping. Most Afghan engagements are 500 to 1000+ yards.; March 19, 2011 at 9:25 AM
WarriorClass said...: They've been using that technology in cities across the US:

http://www.safetydynamics.net/

Expect it in your neighborhood soon.

WarriorClass
III; March 19, 2011 at 10:23 AM
John Smith said...: I kind of wonder how you are supposed to use a bullet locator when you are the destination of said bullet....Seems like this is a system that only works if they miss.; March 19, 2011 at 3:27 PM
III more than them said...: While advanced tech is a good thing when used properly, I wonder if our guys will forget the basics, or send them to the back burner. If something were to disable the system or the network, will they feel "naked" without the tech that kept them up on the enemy?; March 19, 2011 at 11:54 PM

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