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Corner Shot, Right Pocket
Now, I'll admit the Corner Shot, a weapon that allows you to shoot around corners, is one nifty gizmo. However, close examination seems to show that it is ultimately just a pistol with a remote trigger and a bunch of fancy sensors. I can't help but think someone's come up with this idea before. Does the gun-nut peanut gallery know of any "prior art"?
Update: I personally find the Vektor 20mm a much more effective weapon. That's what you call a safety seat. Now if I can just figure out how to brace Olivia in the chair...
My dad says they tried stuff like that back in the 1950s. Unfortunately, the dissonance between what the shooter could see and where the gun was actually pointing made it completely impractical, even using a barrel-mounted camera for sighting.
Of course, back then there weren't as many video gamers around who were used to aiming at things in a virtual world that had no correlation to the real one. I'd like to test one of these things myself, and see how I'd do with it.
Posted by: Tatterdemalian on November 17, 2003 06:11 PMFirst succesful weapon was the German invention called the "Krummerlauf" ("bent barrel") which was attached to either the MP44/StG44 assault rifle or the MG42 machine gun and came in different versions of bend from 30 degrees to 90 degrees.
Posted by: ATB on December 16, 2003 11:39 AMActually in WWI they made bolt action rifles with a periscope, and pantagraph device that allowed a user to shot over the top of the trench via the periscope, and an auxilary stock.
Posted by: Scott Gardner on December 19, 2003 11:13 PM