Corner Shot 40mm Grenade Launcher

[Federalist]

http://www.military.com/pics/SoldierTech_Corner1.jpg

http://www.military.com/soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_Corner,,00.html?ESRC=soldiertech.nl

[American Patriot]

dupety dupety dupe

[TacoDelRio]

Bleh... that's airsoft...

[American Patriot]

Yes it is. Also it is definitely photoshopped.

[Jacko]

That article seems pretty legit.

[Michael RVR]

Theres actually a heap of corner-shot type stuff out there, first time i've seen it in 40mm though.

[ESOGSteel]

If it was fake, do you really think they’d make a web page and a 4:35 video of it in action? Somehow this seams like a lot to go through just for a prank. I think it’s real, impractical, but real. Personally I would want to be in a hostile environment with a pistol attached to a bulky, and somewhat cumbersome arm, just so I can see and shot around corners.

[James]

Technology is getting better, but the idea has been around for a long time...

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[KalleBalleSvartSk@lle]

I guess the recoil feels a bit odd.

[yiorgo]

Not fake very real

[Aerosoul]

Yes it is. Also it is definitely photoshopped.

Why does everyone say "Photoshopped?" Does it look edited? NO. Does it come from a legitimate source? YES. WTF is so Photoshopped about it?

[Pandy]

Yes it is. Also it is definitely photoshopped.

Why does everyone say "Photoshopped?" Does it look edited? NO. Does it come from a legitimate source? YES. WTF is so Photoshopped about it?

BEcause they don't think Military or Civilian Tech is that good... ;)

[GazB]

Perhaps because they don't understand why anyone would go to the expense of adapting a ballistic to shoot around corners... a bit like adapting a 155mm howitser to shoot around a corner... why shoot around cover when you can shoot over it?

With minimum safety range for the HE frag grenades it would be of zero use inside a building.

Strange and very (too?) specialised equipment.

[dacanadianbomb]

AS James said, the idea has been around for a long time,
IN WW1 , they had those contracptions where you had a periscope and extra attached trigger unit behind the stock, simular to the picture he posted.
It was supposedly a favorite target for soldiers, to shoot the periscopes off the guns.

There was also a pic somewhere of an soldier holding a AUG with a camera system on it, around the corner.

This model is kinda strange though.

[GrimReaper]

Perhaps because they don't understand why anyone would go to the expense of adapting a ballistic to shoot around corners... a bit like adapting a 155mm howitser to shoot around a corner... why shoot around cover when you can shoot over it?

With minimum safety range for the HE frag grenades it would be of zero use inside a building.

Strange and very (too?) specialised equipment.
As to shooting above corners, how exactly when there's a roof above you? or when your'e near a tall,multy-level building?
Anyway have you considered it might be more of a use with less than lethal weapons? it's actually very practical with smoke,stun, CS and flashbangs grenades in barricade or riot situations.
It may not see much use with regular army forces (it really isn't too practical) but for Police, border gurads or any sort of Para-military law enforcment agancies it's pretty good.
Especially considering some of the GL available to those kind of units.

[supercontra]

Even if fake it makes more sense than the pistol currently used

[James]

Perhaps because they don't understand why anyone would go to the expense of adapting a ballistic to shoot around corners... a bit like adapting a 155mm howitser to shoot around a corner... why shoot around cover when you can shoot over it?

With minimum safety range for the HE frag grenades it would be of zero use inside a building.

Strange and very (too?) specialised equipment.
As to shooting above corners, how exactly when there's a roof above you? or when your'e near a tall,multy-level building?
Anyway have you considered it might be more of a use with less than lethal weapons? it's actually very practical with smoke,stun, CS and flashbangs grenades in barricade or riot situations.
It may not see much use with regular army forces (it really isn't too practical) but for Police, border gurads or any sort of Para-military law enforcment agancies it's pretty good.
Especially considering some of the GL available to those kind of units.

Perhaps, but on the other hand, LEOs could probably get by just as well with an old M79 or whatever they've used for years already. Police don't generally need to take cover behind a corner in order to use riot control projectiles.

[GrimReaper]

Perhaps because they don't understand why anyone would go to the expense of adapting a ballistic to shoot around corners... a bit like adapting a 155mm howitser to shoot around a corner... why shoot around cover when you can shoot over it?

With minimum safety range for the HE frag grenades it would be of zero use inside a building.

Strange and very (too?) specialised equipment.
As to shooting above corners, how exactly when there's a roof above you? or when your'e near a tall,multy-level building?
Anyway have you considered it might be more of a use with less than lethal weapons? it's actually very practical with smoke,stun, CS and flashbangs grenades in barricade or riot situations.
It may not see much use with regular army forces (it really isn't too practical) but for Police, border gurads or any sort of Para-military law enforcment agancies it's pretty good.
Especially considering some of the GL available to those kind of units.

Perhaps, but on the other hand, LEOs could probably get by just as well with an old M79 or whatever they've used for years already. Police don't generally need to take cover behind a corner in order to use riot control projectiles.
Our LEO do ;) But I do think it won't see much use, if at all.

[Fallosophy]

not that I know much, but it looks like a good short to medium range anti sniper tool.

[GazB]

As to shooting above corners, how exactly when there's a roof above you?

If you are firing out of the building then there is no roof between you and the target, if firing between rooms then you are wasting your time with an underbarrel grenade launcher... it will probably not travel far enough to arm itself and will most likely dud. Throw a hand grenade.


or when your'e near a tall,multy-level building?

If the building is so high you can't shoot over it then what is the likelyhood that you can see the target in the first place? Find some low cover like a wall or some thing to fire over.

If the enemy has decent weapons the corner of a building will not be thick enough to protect you anyway... if you poke this think around a corner inside a building all the target needs to do is fire through the wall beside it and kill you with shoot throughs while you are looking at the little TV screen trying to pick him out.


not that I know much, but it looks like a good short to medium range anti sniper tool.

You would have to pick the corner very carefully then as 30 cal rounds will go through the corner of many buildings. A 50 cal sniper would have even more options.

The Russian equivelent to this is much simpler and cheaper... as you would expect. They simply use a fibre optic sight mounted on the firearm like a scope so you can hold a conventional weapon around a corner. It can be mounted on any weapon from a pistol to a rifle or grenade launcher but it is very specialised and not widely used.

[DeltaWhisky58]

There is this Video (http://defensereview.com/1_31_2004/cornershot.wmv) from Cornershot.com - can't say how genuine it is.

[nagant_m44]

wow the music in the vid is even worse then the music found in **** vids...