Saturday, January 11, 2014

This New Rifle Will Revolutionize How Armies All Over The World Prepare For War

TrackingPoint 500-Series rifle. TrackingPoint photo

With This New Rifle, Anyone Can Hit A Moving Target At 500 Yards -- Kyle Mizokami, War Is Boring

It’s marksmanship for the masses as AR-15 gets deadly Linux-powered accuracy.

This week at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, firearms-manufacturer TrackingPoint announced an AR-15 version of its computer-controlled precision rifles. The company claims that the new weapon can hit moving targets “out to five football fields away.” And anyone can use it.

Described by the company as a “precision-guided firearm,” the 500-Series rifle could revolutionize how armies all over the world prepare for war. The technology promises a world where expert riflemen can be trained with very little effort—blurring the distinction between infantry and sharpshooters.

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My Comment: This is a game changer .... and one that will certainly change how armies fight wars.

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