Re: [ME]: New Weapon, anyone translate this ?

["Ryan Pendergast" <virtualpender@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>off've alt.binaries.pictures.weapons according to the guy who posted,
>the PAPOP is a French variant of the OICW ( i say variant, it's a
>version based around a similar concept ) and has wierd things like a
>HUD display on the soldiers visor, lots of electronics etc (ie a
>complete nightmare when it's actually in the field, so to speak)
>
>would love to know if anyone else has had anything on this one......

No hard numbers yet as it is still in the proof of concept stage, but Jane's 
had a brief blurb about it earlier this year in which they described how the 
fragmentation pattern of the 35mm grenades can be adjusted by the firer 
depending on whether the target is behind cover or in the open.  They also 
mentioned that the recoil was so powerful that as of yet, no troops had been 
able to fire the grenades from the shoulder, instead having to use special 
bench rests.

Ryan
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