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Robotic Cannon misfires, kills 9, wounds 14
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post Oct 18 2007, 07:00 PM
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http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/10/robot-cannon-ki.html


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post Oct 20 2007, 04:09 PM
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Moral of the story ,Never jury rig any firearm...
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post Oct 20 2007, 05:45 PM
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QUOTE (boopme @ Oct 20 2007, 05:09 PM) *
Moral of the story ,Never jury rig any firearm...


Yep, especially something of that scale. Seems there should have been a arc limiter to prevent it from firing at ground level (or at least thats what it sounds like ) ,or is that just me ?
http://www.rheinmetall-detec.de/index.php?...F-005&pdb=1


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