homing bullets

[Jaws2002]

Originally Posted by Outlaw

Good for super long range snipers I guess, but, considering that snipers have already made hits at over 2000 yards without guided ammunition is it really needed and/or worth the expense?

It might have a consumer market if the laser designator is low power enough. Even then, it sure does take a funky path to the target so you'd better have a lot of clear area for the shot.

--Outlaw.

How many snipers got hits over 2000 yards? Five? Ten? How much did it cost to train thousands of snipers to get those five guys that hit something at 2000 yards? How many of your guys could die until someone hits that target at 2000 yards? This is the problem. The 2000 yards hits are flukes. The vast majority of people and guns can't do that. If you can guide that bullet to hit the point you designate, and compensate for all the variables involved to get such a hit, after the bullet left the barrel, I'd say that's awesome.
There are plenty of guided weapons out there this days. Usually it takes a while for the technology to be brought down to the grunts from pilots, but it eventually is getting there.
Look at other things taken for granted by pilots for a long time, like colimated gunsights, lasers, bullet drop compensating gun sights. This were just science fiction for the foot soldier, but technology caught up and now they are small, light, rugged and cheap enough, that even the grunts get them this days.
Guided artilery shells were science fiction untill few years ago. Now they are a reality of the modern battlefield.
It's just a matter of time until we'll see this "bullet with your name on it" reality.....that's if we don't get that "phased plasma rifle in the 40 Watt range" first.