Comments on: Guns that shoot around corners http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/17/guns-that-shoot-around-corners/ Firearms not Politics Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:09:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matt Groom http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/17/guns-that-shoot-around-corners/#comment-12230 Matt Groom Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:39:12 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=7123#comment-12230 I have always thought that using a direct fire weapon for indirect fire was the epitome of stupidity. In WWI, before the invention of rifle-grenades, this made some sense, but we've come a long way since then. Things like the corner shot are terribly unnecessary. I have always thought that using a direct fire weapon for indirect fire was the epitome of stupidity. In WWI, before the invention of rifle-grenades, this made some sense, but we’ve come a long way since then. Things like the corner shot are terribly unnecessary.

]]> By: Steve http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/17/guns-that-shoot-around-corners/#comment-12224 Steve Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:23:23 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=7123#comment-12224 Sven, nifty, I had not seen the parascope before. Sven, nifty, I had not seen the parascope before.

]]> By: Sven Ortmann http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/17/guns-that-shoot-around-corners/#comment-12223 Sven Ortmann Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:20:11 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=7123#comment-12223 There's much more. The Germans had such a periscope rifle in WWI as well. Parascope is a modern low-tech but clever approach to the problem. http://www.ar-15.us/Articles.php?action=detail&g=content1203811894 and there are several less clever, compact folding mirror competitors around. The "camera an rifle + helmet-mounted display" concept was explored in several recent soldier modernization programs (Land Warrior, FELIN and others). There’s much more.
The Germans had such a periscope rifle in WWI as well.

Parascope is a modern low-tech but clever approach to the problem.
http://www.ar-15.us/Articles.php?action=detail&g=content1203811894
and there are several less clever, compact folding mirror competitors around.

The “camera an rifle + helmet-mounted display” concept was explored in several recent soldier modernization programs (Land Warrior, FELIN and others).

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