Apparently the first post I made about the iPhone 4 Shot With .50 Caliber Rifle was just a teaser video… below is the extended video along with the other vids of the Apple products getting destroyed:
iPhone 4 Shot With .50 Caliber Rifle
iPad V.S. .50 Caliber Rifle
iMac V.S. .50 Caliber Rifle
I was hoping that kid doing the talking “Richard Ryan” was going to do the shooting and scope his eye or something… no luck.
The nicest hit by far was on the iMac. I don’t know where that “Sniper” learned to shoot, but the hit on the iPad and iPhone was not impressive at all considering at the distance he was at:
A long way from the guns and random vehicles I used to build with LEGO.
Pretty neat how the magazine works, and that the gun can actually his stuff at close range. With another elastic or two he could probably even make the gun semi automatic.
The DARPA “One Shot” program at the Pentagon was originally aimed to give snipers the power to hit a target from 2000 meters away in winds as high as 40 miles per hour. In the first phases of the 3-year-old program, shooters used prototype rifles dressed with lasers and fancy computer hardware to do damage from 1,100 meters away in 18-mile-an-hour winds. The scope-mounted lasers can “see” wind turbulence in the path of the bullet and feed the data to computers, enabling real-time calculation of — and compensation for — the wind-blown trajectory. The agency is looking for 15 ultra precise sniper scopes to put in shooters’ hands by next year.
I wonder when this will be coming to the consumer market? On second thought, hitting the target every time with no effort would completely take the fun out of shooting.
The article in Wired mentions the cost at $7 million…. that seems like a steal of a deal if they can actually get this type of system to work for that amount of money. A lot of lives potentially will be saved.
A British Army sniper has set a new sharpshooting distance record by killing two Taliban machinegunners in Afghanistan from more than a mile away.
Craig Harrison, a member of the Household Cavalry, killed the insurgents with consecutive shots — even though they were 3,000ft beyond the most effective range of his rifle.
The distance to Harrison’s two targets was measured by a GPS system at 8,120ft, or 1.54 miles. The previous record for a sniper kill is 7,972ft, set by a Canadian soldier who shot dead an Al-Qaeda gunman in March 2002.
Very impressive kills. I couldn’t even imagine the adjustments you would have to make at that range, and even the mirage that he must have seen looking through the scope.
Tom Irwin, a director of Accuracy International, the British manufacturer of the L115A3 rifle, said: “It is still fairly accurate beyond 4,921ft, but at that distance luck plays as much of a part as anything.”
If he took shot after shot and EVENTUALLY hit the insurgents I would call it luck. According to the article though, Harrison fired 3 shots. The first 2 hit and killed the insurgents, then the 3rd and final shot he used to disable the machine gun they were using. If that is luck, and not skill, then Harrison is pretty damn lucky.
Anyone know why it took so long for this story to reach the news? According to the article, the record breaking kills happened in November 2009.
I think it’s interesting that the article refers to the caliber of the L115A3 as 8.59 mm , and the caliber of the previous record holder, Canadian Sniper Rob Furlong’s rifle as 12.7 mm. I suppose most of the rest of the world is on the metric system, and they might be familiar with those numbers, but referring to them as .338 Lapua Magnum and .50 BMG in addition would likely have avoided some confusion (here in the U.S. anyway).
In each episode, contenders will face team and elimination challenges inspired by real events in history, from Wild West shootouts to modern-day sniper missions. Every challenge will reveal the weapons, technologies and tactics of a different era, while hi-speed HD cameras capture the skillful execution of each test with breathtaking precision in extreme slow-motion. One contestant will emerge with a $100,000 prize package and the title of “Top Shot.”
By the look of the trailer, some of the competitors seem to be cocky bastards, so it should be entertaining enough to see their egos taken down a notch. Just like survivor, I’ll be rooting for the person that keeps their attitude in check, and can win and lose graciously.
The series starts June 6th at 10 pm on the History Channel.
For several days, and in several places, competent and deliberate marksmen fired on Marine patrols. A video today presents one such event, a firefight between the Marines of Kilo Company, Third Battalion, Sixth Marines, and Taliban fighters, including at least one Taliban gunman the Marines considered to be a sniper.
Pretty awesome idea to use them for training. You know it’s doing a good job of impersonating a walking human when it looks creepy in action. I wish there was some range I could go to and give that a shot. I want every one of those RMP (robotic mobility platform) Segways shown in the video.
I’ve been obsessed with the Segway ever since I did a few hour tour of Chicago on them with my dad a few years ago. I’ll definitely buy one eventually, I’m just waiting for them to come down in price ( I’d like to get one of the more durable models that you can take offroading ). I think its dumb how some cities ban Segways on their sidewalks, I think mine is one of them.
I’m really surprised not to see more people riding around on them. Especially in warmer climates where you could ride them all year round, it seems like a viable method of transportation.
Another very well written article from Vanity Fair. I started keeping an eye on their website ever since their article on Erik Prince of Xe (Blackwater) back in December of last year.
You shoot one man, you terrify a thousand. That was the theory outside of Afghanistan. Through generations of warfare, it’s what sniping was largely about. By hiding in open sight and shooting precisely, snipers killed enemy officers, sowed fear in enemy ranks, and covered their own army’s retreats. Sometimes they went out to kill opposing snipers, because artillery was an ineffectual response, but rarely did they go off on assassination missions or do Hollywood things, as is generally thought.
The end result was really not what I expected was going to happen. At first I was expecting there to be an exclamation of “woOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Like shootin fish in a barrel!!!!”.
Unlike the Japanese one I posted, this one is not about distance shooting. This one is in a “side profile” style where you get to pick from tons of different pistols, revolver, SMG’s, Rifles, Assault Rifles, and shotguns.
I’ve seen a few of these “Surviving Disaster” shows on SPIKE, and they are pretty well done.
This one is AMAZING!.. Hats off to SPIKE for keeping it real and not only showing guns but also encouraging the use of them to fight back.
Splitting up the bullet proof vest for two people… good idea!
When giving the team a rundown of how the AK works the host says “This WILL malfunction on you” <— my first thought was OH NO HE DIDN’T!@#!@#
Constructing an improvised silencer to take out a terrorist sniper with a head shot? Sweet idea.. but does electrical taping a shirt around the muzzle really decrease the DB level that much? I doubt it. Plus, a head shot at 100+ yards by an amateur using an AK-47 with open sights doesn’t really scream success in my mind.
The Japanese hidden camera show “Panic Face King” tricks man into thinking that he is filming a documentary about telephone scammers. Shortly after the interview begins, a sniper attacks, delivering what appear to be fatal wounds to everyone else in the room.
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On second thought, hitting the target every time with no effort would completely take the fun out of shooting.
Well it looks like the British are breeding Universal soldier types, because today some more impressive shooting was in the UK news:
I’ve been obsessed with the Segway ever since I did a few hour tour of Chicago on them with my dad a few years ago. I’ll definitely buy one eventually, I’m just waiting for them to come down in price ( I’d like to get one of the more durable
