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    What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

    Robot Dogs Can Now Have 6.5mm Assault Rifles Mounted On Their Backs

    Robot dogs have been met with equal parts fascination and fear by the public, but their utility for military applications is becoming undeniable.

    BY JOSEPH TREVITHICK OCTOBER 12, 2021



    GHOST ROBOTICS

    BY: JOSEPH TREVITHICK

    Ghost Robotics and SWORD International have teamed up to create a rifle-toting "robot dog." Called the Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle, or SPUR, the system adds a 6.5mm Creedmoor rifle from SWORD to one of Ghost Robotics' quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicles, or Q-UGVs.

    The SPUR made its debut on the show floor at the Association of the U.S. Army's main annual convention in Washington, D.C., which opened yesterday. Though Ghost Robotics is partnered with a number of other companies to explore defense and security applications, among others, for its Q-UGVs — which you can read more about in this past War Zone feature — this appears to be the first example of one of these unmanned systems with an actual weapon mounted on it. Unarmed examples of the Q-UGV are notably already in limited use with the U.S.

    Air Force's 325th Security Forces Squadron at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida and are being tested by other units within that service.
    The exact configuration of the 6.5mm gun inside the SPUR module — how much ammunition it contains, and how hard it might be to reload — are all unclear. Ghost Robotics has said that SPUR can be instructed remotely to chamber the first round from an unloaded state, as well as clear the chamber and safe the gun.

    In terms of the weapon itself, SWORD does offer derivatives of the 5.56x45mm AR-15/M16 family, as well as similar, but larger caliber guns, more akin to the Armalite AR-10 or Knights Armament Company SR-25. Those rifles come in calibers such as 7.62x51mm, 6.5mm Creedmoor, .300 Norma Magnum, .338 Lapua Magnum, and .338 Norma Magnum.



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    Your title says it all.

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    Just like aerial drones.

    If it saves putting lives at risk with boots on the ground, then so be it!

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    What's it gonna do if you just walk up behind it and sit on it or flip it upside down?

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    The US are gonna need a country to invade and save pretty damn soon.

    If they can't find one, what will this stuff be used on, a domestic based sect that isn't bothering people, civil unrest?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saint Willy View Post
    Just like aerial drones.

    If it saves putting lives at risk with boots on the ground, then so be it!
    Until it decides it does not like monkeys , turns around and starts shooting at you .

    PS: not calling you a monkey but your avatar.....

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    I think these things are quite expensive. Real dogs would be nearly as effective if given proper firearms training.��

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    The US are gonna need a country to invade and save pretty damn soon.
    ...no problem: Haiti is a good testing ground...

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    Quote Originally Posted by tomcat View Post
    ...no problem: Haiti is a good testing ground...
    Possibly too challenging for the US these days, perhaps the Virgin Is, liberate some more papers being with the letter P

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