Hot Breath
I really should change my personal text
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Abraham Gubler said:Hot Breath said:I also note that while the Australian IWS is listed on Wikipedia but there appears to be no mention of it on the Metalstorm website. Without Metalstorm's grenade launcher there doesn't appear to be much hope for the original AIWS.
There was never an "original AIWS" and it was never a Metalstorm project. It was just a demonstrator with the objective to show how a rifle can be integrated with a digital fire control system. The grenade launcher element was provided by Metalstorm but even then DSTO did some work on it including providing it with a recoil absorbing spring. Which actually worked very well in reducing the recoil of the 40mm (which had a slightly higher velocity than 40x46mm). Since it was just a demonstrator the sub elements of the weapon weren't required to meet in service standards. There was not any funding or objective within the AICW CTD program to provide monies to Metalstorm to develop their 40mm, three shot grenade launcher. When the EF88 program came to select a grenade launcher element a side loading, single shot unit was selected.
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Don't know why you've got your knickers in a knot mate. I didn't claim it was a Metalstorm project. I claimed the grenade launcher part of the AIWS was a Metalstorm project. As for the "original AIWS" I was referring to the original concept of an integrated grenade launcher and assault rifle, with the associated sights, etc., which I am quite willing to acknowledge was a DSTO project.