Comments on: It can hear tracked vehicles and feel them coming https://www.isegoria.net/2022/10/it-can-hear-tracked-vehicles-and-feel-them-coming/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 28 May 2026 23:08:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: York https://www.isegoria.net/2022/10/it-can-hear-tracked-vehicles-and-feel-them-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-3570090 York Thu, 27 Oct 2022 04:22:55 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49337#comment-3570090 25 years in combat arm. How many tours did you do?

]]> By: 1151 https://www.isegoria.net/2022/10/it-can-hear-tracked-vehicles-and-feel-them-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-3569845 1151 Mon, 24 Oct 2022 01:29:56 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49337#comment-3569845 “The military has been using that crappy 5.56 round since the 60s and no one likes it except the pogues.”

Protip: don’t say this around actual soldiers unless you want to be laughed out of the room.

]]> By: York https://www.isegoria.net/2022/10/it-can-hear-tracked-vehicles-and-feel-them-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-3569727 York Sat, 22 Oct 2022 03:38:59 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49337#comment-3569727 I know all the ballistics etc., Load weights and so on. Also carried an M16 through the M4 as well as every other Infantry weapon. A rifle is a tool to fit certain needs. And actual combat soldiers and Marines prefer something more then a .22 magnum in the field. If one has actually been under fire anyway. No one gives a grunt an option unless he makes it to Spec Ops. And I guaran freaking you won’t find that caliber as a primary armament

]]> By: Mike-SMO https://www.isegoria.net/2022/10/it-can-hear-tracked-vehicles-and-feel-them-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-3569672 Mike-SMO Fri, 21 Oct 2022 07:44:02 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49337#comment-3569672 Expensive, heavy whiz-bang. Theres profit in them gizmos. There will be, of course, an expensive machine to carry them from the depot to the front.

]]> By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2022/10/it-can-hear-tracked-vehicles-and-feel-them-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-3569662 Isegoria Fri, 21 Oct 2022 01:05:56 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49337#comment-3569662 There are reasons why American soldiers shoot a glorified .22. Arguably there’s no magic bullet.

]]> By: York https://www.isegoria.net/2022/10/it-can-hear-tracked-vehicles-and-feel-them-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-3569660 York Thu, 20 Oct 2022 23:45:31 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49337#comment-3569660 The trouble with these wonder weapons is that they never make it into the field. Too many bells and whistles. What makes a good prototype is not what makes a workable weapon in the hands of an 11B with a minimal ASVAB score. And we won’t even get into supply line issues. The military has been using that crappy 5.56 round since the 60s and no one likes it except the pogues. Institutionalized mediocrity

]]> By: Gavin Longmuir https://www.isegoria.net/2022/10/it-can-hear-tracked-vehicles-and-feel-them-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-3569659 Gavin Longmuir Thu, 20 Oct 2022 23:37:56 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49337#comment-3569659 Presumably the Chinese & Russian armies will henceforth fly cheap drones ahead of their advancing forces broadcasting suitable frequency sound waves to trigger those large expensive mines prematurely.

]]> By: McChuck https://www.isegoria.net/2022/10/it-can-hear-tracked-vehicles-and-feel-them-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-3569642 McChuck Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:01:53 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49337#comment-3569642 We had similar autonomous mines 30 years ago. They were never fielded beyond testing that I know of, despite working rather well.

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