Tracking Point - high technology in sniping

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Tracking Point - high technology in sniping


TrackingPoint has developed a sniper complex that will minimize shooter errors. With this smart electronic system even a novice can hit the target.

The system is very easy to use. Before you open fire, the shooter marks the target by pressing a button on the rifle trigger guard (the tag can be removed and put again).

After pressing the trigger the shot will not happen instantly. The system will send a bullet at the target at the most appropriate time, when the crosshairs match perfectly with the mark.

The sniper will also be able to shoot at the moment when the crosshair changes color to red.

The developers claim that during the shooting not only the distance to the target, but also the direction and speed of the wind is taken into account.



According to preliminary data, the company TrackingPoint, which is located in Austin, Texas, plans to produce three models of rifles equipped with ballistic computers at the following prices:

- XS1 - tactical rifle chambered for .338 Lapua Magnum for $ 20 000
- XS2 - lightweight version XS1, chambered for .300 Win. Mag. priced at $ 17 500
- XS3 - hunting version XS2, chambered for .300 Win. Mag. priced at $ 15 000

Already possible to pre-order all three types of rifles. Prepayment - 25%. Deliveries weapons planned for spring 2013 of the year.

The Internet leaked information that the rifles themselves will produce a well-known company Surgeon Rifles. The well-established company Krieger Barrels will manufacture the trunks.

Barrel length will be 27 "(XS1), 24" (XS2) and 22 "(XS3). rifles will feature scopes variable multiplicity 6-30x (for XS2 and XS3) and 6-35x (for XS1). Together with sniper complex 200 cartridges will be included.

TrackingPoint claims that the ballistic computer guarantees accuracy at distances up to 1200 yards for XS1, 1000 yards for XS2 and 750 yards for XS3.

According to the manufacturer: “Optics constantly monitors the target and holds the mark, even if it leaves the field of view. The sight automatically adjusts to the desired distance and other ballistic variables. ”

And finally, they say that the sniper complex will be equipped with a wireless connection (presumably Bluetooth). It is planned to develop an application for smartphones that will be able to record everything that you see through the scope of the sight.

Some enthusiasts of small business with great irony embraced the new development of the company TrackingPoint and questioned the reliability of this invention.



The gun community has many questions about the new TrackingPoint product, for example:

• How does the system work with a moving target?
• How long do batteries last?
• How much will this complex weigh?
• if the ballistic computer fails, will it be possible to shoot like a regular rifle?

And these questions continue to multiply.

Despite the expressed criticism, the community is following with interest the latest news about the new product.

The product's release was announced on January 2013.









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  1. snek
    -1
    4 December 2012 07: 59
    But an interesting system. The only trouble with such innovations is that they can "soften" people: electronics will break down, and without it a person cannot shoot normally.
    By the way, for our army (taking into account the fact that it is draft, and not professional), this would be very useful.
    1. +5
      4 December 2012 10: 27
      You can teach a person to shoot normally. This is the problem. This system is an integrated ballistic calculator. And nothing more. With correctly entered data, it gives the correct result. And here the question arises - how to get this data? Range - laser rangefinder. But you need temperature, air density, humidity. And the distribution of these values ​​along the path of the bullet. And this is the art of a shooter ... So this system does not replace a person, although it can significantly help
      1. evgen2124
        0
        4 December 2012 22: 55
        I completely agree! good
    2. Tirpitz
      -1
      4 December 2012 12: 24
      There has recently been an article about adjustable bullets. soon all this will be combined into one system. The quality of human material falls in any army and this is compensated by such developments.
  2. predator.3
    +4
    4 December 2012 07: 59
    And how about this sniper!
  3. Brother Sarych
    +2
    4 December 2012 08: 58
    The question arose - why is there a shooter here? Put the installation on a tripod, let the shooter sit somewhere in a shelter and wet the adversaries as in a shooter - he noted the target, click with the mouse, and it’s already hit ...
    1. snek
      +6
      4 December 2012 09: 17
      For to trip a tripod to the right place is troublesome, and then it will still have to be returned - pick up: do not leave the rifle for the adversary for 15-20 thousand. bucks (plus a controlled tripod). Another thing is if you put the same rifle on a mobile platform, for example, this:

      And in the future, it will be possible to give this one, and say: "kill all people in our form":
      1. Brother Sarych
        0
        4 December 2012 09: 19
        It’s also an option, though the price will be more, and it’s very dusty ...
    2. evgen2124
      0
      4 December 2012 22: 50
      and the shooter is needed to select a priority goal! from the shelter you can’t see everything!
  4. -2
    4 December 2012 10: 02
    Well, progress, new technologies to life.
    It seems to me that this project will not last long.
    Firstly, expensive, and secondly, it’s not interesting for hunting, I think the hunters will not be interested in such a thing. For athletes is not suitable by definition. For the military and special services it may be interesting, but the purchase will be (if at all) in scanty volumes. In addition to the military, for all others, this complex is rather an exclusive toy
    1. Tirpitz
      0
      4 December 2012 12: 26
      So just nothing is being done. If there is development, then before that they studied the demand in the arms market. This is not the CIS, where factories, on their own initiative, develop unique designs and after that nobody needs them (either there is no money, then they offer a small rollback)
      1. Kir
        +1
        4 December 2012 19: 26
        And it doesn't seem to you that all this is robotization and automation of everything and everyone, it only says that it is easier and cheaper to have the most "autonomous" unit and just accept an operator who is easier and cheaper to train than a high-class specialist who must be paid in times more and in case of what try to quickly find a replacement? Or I'm wrong, but about hunting, I agree, unless it's a banal murder of living creatures !!!
      2. 0
        5 December 2012 10: 53
        Well, yes, of course, I studied it. But according to your logic, all new designs will be commercially successful, because "So nothing is done."
        So it turns out?
  5. Alx1miK
    +4
    4 December 2012 10: 42
    Syki, the bear was killed.
  6. 0
    4 December 2012 12: 15
    I hope that our developers do not sit idly by in a causal place.
    It seems that something flashed in our press about a similar auxiliary complex for the shooter.
  7. +1
    4 December 2012 15: 10
    The system, in my opinion, is too complex and unreliable for use in sniper business. I’m not sure that after a day or more lying in the snow, swamp, etc., this system will not fail at the right time. Again, a delay with a shot, but you can’t get anywhere from it, because to take a target for auto tracking ALWAYS need some time and not the fact that during this time the target will go into the crosshairs of the sight, and not leave the sight at all. Again, the dimensions, weight and unmasking factors if the system uses laser emitters to measure the range and angular coordinates of the target. And they are most likely used. Those. not all gold that glitters.
  8. 0
    4 December 2012 16: 59
    An interesting flight of thought. future closer than it seems. The device is useful, but it will not replace a person.
    they once made fun of the autofocusing of a camera, nowadays it is extremely rare for anyone to shoot in the manual, BUT the function has not been canceled on any professional lens ... and the automation sometimes dulls, for one obvious reason, taking the focus "in the wrong place." with time of practical use, weaknesses become familiar and, as a result, predictable. nowadays, without auto modes, they are more reliable every year.
  9. N. Sarychev
    +1
    4 December 2012 18: 10
    Is the idea good? Even I think that it makes sense to take a screen and put a mark on it, otherwise inexperienced shooters will have problems putting a point on their goals. After all, if you could deliver it, then the shot could have been fired with the same success.
  10. 0
    28 January 2013 22: 15
    Yes, interesting. But the question with everything except the range is open. Let’s say the wind near you removes the target, but the effective wind at a third of its distance takes into account humidity, temperature, etc. built-in weather station but with the wind yes it’s not entirely clear
  11. ballist
    0
    17 December 2013 02: 28
    It is no accident that 200 rounds of ammunition are included in the delivery set, and in the future who will take into account the ballistics of the bullet?

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