DefendTex 40mm Drone Round- Battlefield sci-fi reality

[HEX]

I'm not sure if this really even fits in firearms related, I just thought it was cool. This thing was apparently demonstrated at this year's SOFIC (Special Operations Forces Industry Conference)

What you're looking at here is a drone munition that is fired from an M320 grenade launcher (Not an M203). It has a payload of various mix and match of cameras, anti-armor bomb, fuel-air bomb, HE/frag bomb, diversionary smoke and flash and more. Rather than having a slow flight like a standard drone, this is fired with speed into a location and then pops open the drone arms and uses the rotors to get directed with precision to exactly where it needs to be to use whatever payload it has.

Neat.

 

[spat]

I'm not sure if this really even fits in firearms related, I just thought it was cool. This thing was apparently demonstrated at this year's SOFIC (Special Operations Forces Industry Conference)

What you're looking at here is a drone munition that is fired from an M320 grenade launcher (Not an M203). It has a payload of various mix and match of cameras, anti-armor bomb, fuel-air bomb, HE/frag bomb, diversionary smoke and flash and more. Rather than having a slow flight like a standard drone, this is fired with speed into a location and then pops open the drone arms and uses the rotors to get directed with precision to exactly where it needs to be to use whatever payload it has.

Neat.

Damn, that's cool.

And scary.

 

[ArmedCorgi]

So what are we talking, $.30/$.40 per round? So like $6.00/box of 20?

 

[BDinPutnam]

So what are we talking, $.30/$.40 per round? So like $6.00/box of 20?

Cheaper than slugs.

 

[Deplorable Me]

Shoulder portable, people on the receiving end are so screwed.

 

[zorro]

NYS Legal?

 

[togmaster]

NYS Legal?

Only if you carry 7 or less.

 

[Saltwater60]

Pretty cool.

 

[Phazer]

And....the propellers aren't ripped off when the arms are deployed at high velocity? I'd like to see a live demo.

 

[spat]

And....the propellers aren't ripped off when the arms are deployed at high velocity? I'd like to see a live demo.

Looks like they fold out. I believe they are flush to the body (you can see the recesses where they tuck in) when it's still ballistic. It also makes sense that they would have to be to fit in the M320.

 

[That IdiotWayne]

I'm not sure if this really even fits in firearms related, I just thought it was cool. This thing was apparently demonstrated at this year's SOFIC (Special Operations Forces Industry Conference)

What you're looking at here is a drone munition that is fired from an M320 grenade launcher (Not an M203). It has a payload of various mix and match of cameras, anti-armor bomb, fuel-air bomb, HE/frag bomb, diversionary smoke and flash and more. Rather than having a slow flight like a standard drone, this is fired with speed into a location and then pops open the drone arms and uses the rotors to get directed with precision to exactly where it needs to be to use whatever payload it has.

Neat.

I like it!

 

[C3D]

NY Safe ammo background check required before purchase.

 

[Blimey]

Very cool, but payload looks very small.

 

[That IdiotWayne]

NY Safe ammo background check required before purchase.

is that a thing?

 

[Forum_Person_1234]

Why use a propellers with expensive moving parts instead of a simple solid fuel rocket assist?

 

[meketrefe]

It looks like a flying dildo.

 

[GOYABEAN]

It looks like a flying dildo.

 

[Twogunwilly]

now that's a drone