Munter Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 Right, it's time to go back to using iron sights if these become popular. http://www.rheinmetall-detec.de/index.php?lang=3&fid=3234 Or, it's time to find a reticle which can not be detected. M 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Munter, Repeat after me, "half aperture blocks." The WW 2 German approach with the narrow horizontal slit will also defeat this active laser scanning for binoculars, telescopic sights, and other RSTA optics. The phenomenology being exploited is analogous to a radar corner reflector or catching a cat's eyes in the headlights at night. The technology was super spooky when weaponized during the Vietnam War, so sensitive that the guys flying the targeting pod against North Vietnamese S-60 AAA sites in the DMZ did so under top cover armed with unfinned napalm with orders to destroy plane and crew if the plane with the pod went down. I know because my dad got the technology, called PAVE FIRE, to work and because the flight crews, the best F-4 crews in the Air Force, were all family friends during my high school days. There were lots of promotions and medals given as a result of the successful combat trials, and one crew ate an SA-2 while in theater, but not flying the pod, over the Mu Gia Pass. SAM couldn't be seen visually because of clouds. These days, the technology is available for not just the military/paramilitary/security role shown but also for things like finding hidden spy cams, an application shown on a CSI: Miami episode. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tar Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 And I thought it sounded an awful lot like some of the technology that was being deployed in cinemas to stop video recording pirates.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 tar, It may well be. What can you tell me about the antipirating tech, please? First I've heard of it. I know they've got NVG equipped people in at least some theaters watching for, er, video enthusiasts at work while films are being shown. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miska Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 This might be a little bit off topic but i found interesting article from internet Elusive sniper saps US morale in Baghdad Commanders weigh their options as 'Juba' notches up more kills Rory Carroll in Baghdad Friday August 5, 2005 The Guardian They have never seen Juba. They hear him, but by then it's too late: a shot rings out and another US soldier slumps dead or wounded. There is never a follow-up shot, never a chance for US forces to identify the origin, to make the hunter the hunted. He fires once and vanishes. Juba is the nickname given by American forces to an insurgent sniper operating in southern Baghdad. They do not know his appearance, nationality or real name, but they know and fear his skill. Elusive sniper saps US morale in Baghdad Commanders weigh their options as 'Juba' notches up more kills Rory Carroll in Baghdad Friday August 5, 2005 The Guardian They have never seen Juba. They hear him, but by then it's too late: a shot rings out and another US soldier slumps dead or wounded. There is never a follow-up shot, never a chance for US forces to identify the origin, to make the hunter the hunted. He fires once and vanishes. Juba is the nickname given by American forces to an insurgent sniper operating in southern Baghdad. They do not know his appearance, nationality or real name, but they know and fear his skill. Article continues -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "He's good," said Specialist Travis Burress, 22, a sniper with the 1-64 battalion based in Camp Rustamiyah. "Every time we dismount I'm sure everyone has got him in the back of their minds. He's a serious threat to us." Gun attacks occasionally pepper the battalion's foot and mounted patrols, but the single crack of what is thought to be a Tobuk sniper rifle inspires particular dread. Since February, the killing of at least two members of the battalion and the wounding of six more have been attributed to Juba. Some think it is also he that has picked off up to a dozen other soldiers. In a war marked by sectarian bombings and civilian casualties, Juba is unusual in targeting only coalition troops, a difficult quarry protected by armoured vehicles, body armour and helmets. He waits for soldiers to dismount, or stand up in a Humvee turret, and aims for gaps in their body armour, the lower spine, ribs or above the chest. He has killed from 200 metres away. "It was the perfect shot," the battalion commander, Lt Col Kevin Farrell, said of one incident. "Blew out the spine. "We have different techniques to try to lure him out, but he is very well trained and very patient. He doesn't fire a second shot." Some in the battalion want marksmen to occupy rooftops overlooking supply routes, Juba's hunting ground, to try to put him in the cross-hairs. "It would be a pretty ****ty assignment because he's good," said Spc Burress. "I think it's a sniper's job to get a sniper, and it'd probably take all of us to get him." American snipers operate in teams of at least two people, a shooter and a spotter, the latter requiring more experience since he must use complicated formulae to calculate factors such as wind strength and drag coefficients. Some worry that Juba is on his way to becoming a resistance hero, acclaimed by those Iraqis who distinguish between "good" insurgents, who target only Americans, and "bad" insurgents who harm civilians. The insurgent grapevine celebrates an incident last June when a four-strong marine scout sniper team was killed in Ramadi, all with shots to the head. Unlike their opponents, US snipers in Baghdad seldom get to shoot. Typically they hide on rooftops and use thermal imaging and night vision equipment to monitor areas. If there is suspicious activity, they summon aircraft or ground patrols. "We are professionals. There is a line between a maniac with a gun and a sniper," said Mike, 31, a corporal with a reconnaissance sniper platoon who did not want to his surname to be used. He spoke during a 24-hour mission on a roof during which his team ate junk food and urinated into a bottle. During daylight they lay on the ground, immobile, to avoid being seen. "It's not a glamorous life," he said. There was no sign of Juba, who tended to operate further east, but the team spotted mortar flashes and fed the coordinates to base. Mike said he had shot 14 people in Somalia, three in Afghanistan and one in Iraq. "It's not like you expect it to be, an emotional high. You just think about the wind, the range, then it's over with." Sniper fire is only of the threats for an American military that has suffered heavy losses this week. Yesterday another soldier was killed in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, adding to the 21 who died in attacks on Monday and Wednesday. Roadside bombs account for most of the lives lost, and the size and design of the explosions has led investigators to conclude that the insurgents are learning bombmaking methods from other terrorist organisations. Yesterday's New York Times reported that the techniques used by Hezbollah in Lebanon were increasingly being seen in roadside bombs in Iraq. An unnamed senior American commander quoted by the paper said bombs using shaped charges closely matched the bombs that Hezbollah used against Israel. "Our assessment is that they are probably going off to 'school' to learn how to make bombs that can destroy armoured vehicles," he said. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Miska, Hadn't heard about this at all. Thanks! Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miska Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Based on some sources he is actually from Israel because he has video camera attached on his optics and israelis use this kind stuff also ("if it's on the internet then it must be true") [ January 18, 2006, 07:43 PM: Message edited by: Miska ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l.cassidy Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 The insurgents' propaganda could exploit this Juba character like the soviets did with Vasily Zaitsev... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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