"Osprey may get turret-mounted machine gun"

On 2007-10-27 22:19:22 -0700, Dave said:

Au contraire, mon ami.

Check out the Huey NTIS system some time. The targeting hardware is quite a
bit heavier than the gun. Changing out the gun requires a couple of strong
Marines. Changing the targeting hardware, in toto, requires a hoist. No
"four guys on a hernia bar" stuff allowed.

Huh. I'm surprised, but I'll take your word for it since NTIS seems to
be a current-technology system. I wouldn't have thought it'd take a
hoist to lift any subsystem out of a Huey other than the engine pack or
transmission. Besides, if I'm reading the Bell website right it seems
that that targeting system is way, way more complex than what I'm
suggesting. I'm just talking about fixed, passive, relatively
non-enhanced (i.e., no sensor cooling, no heavy optics) VL/IR
sensors...not-so-stupid CCD minicams, essentially.


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