From: Louis Boyd
Newsgroups: misc.survivalism
Subject: Re: Remote operated gun
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 03:53:34 +0000
Organization: Fairborn Observatory
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"Br.Roullé" wrote:
> Anyone know of someone attempting something like this?
I though everyone knew those cameras in the banks were equipped with
solenoid activated mini-uzi's ;-)
The technology isn't unreasonable. Any reliable semi-auto rifle would
work. A "Quickcam" or similar would be adequate if mounted in a more
solid housing. Adding a reticle in software and even pre calculating
the point of aim as function of azimuth and elevation for your
particular terrain wouldn't be a major programming job so the gun
wouldn't have to have an exceptionally flat trajectory. The mount
technology would be about the same difficulty as putting CNC controls on
a milling machine which lots of home machinists have done. It could use
stepper motors which aren't difficult to control with a computer.
The problem is that if you ever shoot someone with it you'll have a hell
of time in court convincing a jury that the shooting was justifiable.
Of course you'd keep video tapes from the gun's camera. Use them to
convice a jury not to put you in prison or to show your
great-grandchildren why you're still there.
There was a movie about an assassin who made such a device around a
Russian 14mm anti-tank rifle. The movie was missing a plot but the gun
was entertaining. They even showed the machinist hired by the assassin
building it in a motorcycle shop. Gotta love Hollywood. It wasn't
memorable enough for me to tell you the movie's name.
You could carry the design a bit further and let the computer identify
the targets and fire on it's own. Call it "Terminator III".
--
Lou Boyd