Not abandoned…they salvaged a lot of ideas. Today, we accept a telescoping stock and optical sights on a service rifle as normal. Back then, it was pretty exotic.
The guns are interesting, but I am amazed by the range. The ability to plot where the rounds are going in the air space around the target is very neat.
April 19th, 2015 at 6:13 pm
Not abandoned…they salvaged a lot of ideas. Today, we accept a telescoping stock and optical sights on a service rifle as normal. Back then, it was pretty exotic.
April 20th, 2015 at 7:41 am
The future isn’t what it used to be. No question that we would be using something like these prototypes if the Cold War had not ended.
April 20th, 2015 at 2:20 pm
The guns are interesting, but I am amazed by the range. The ability to plot where the rounds are going in the air space around the target is very neat.