Timeline for Best Ergonomic Design for a handheld ranged weapon
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| Aug 2, 2019 at 14:25 | comment | added | Falco | I would envision it more like a spider-robot, which can climb over your shoulders to any position and lean out around corners for suppression fire. When you run or dive, the AI will automatically crawl to the position least hindering you, while providing a clear line of fire at anything in your view. | |
| Aug 1, 2019 at 22:33 | comment | added | Keith Morrison | Still limited. How do you put down suppressive fire around corners or over obstacles? And as to the chest or back mount, I assume you believe your soldier will never have to go prone? | |
| Aug 1, 2019 at 17:31 | comment | added | Paul TIKI | @KeithMorrison not necessarily. You could have the gimbal follow a track either on to the chest or the back. Or even better, one on each shoulder. There are all kinds of ways to make it work around the limitations you mention. I mentioned Predator because it it was the closest common reference to what I imagined. | |
| Aug 1, 2019 at 15:17 | comment | added | Keith Morrison | That would be a horrible design for multiple reasons. Since you references the Predator, consider the limitation of the design. The user can't aim to one side because the head is in the way. Except in rare circumstances, you'd have to expose the head to enemy fire in order to use the weapon. | |
| Jul 31, 2019 at 19:19 | history | answered | Paul TIKI | CC BY-SA 4.0 |