Re: colonial weapons

On 29-Jan-02 at 20:16, John Atkinson (johnmatkinson@yahoo.com) wrote:
> 
> --- Roger Books <books@jumpspace.net> wrote:
> 
> > > By 2015, we'll be doing pretty well to have a
> > working
> > > infantry weapon with a laser rangefinder on it.
> > 
> > Really?  I thought the next generation weapon had a
> > laser rangefinder
> > to set where the grenades go off.  
> 
> Sure.  And if it's in service in a mere decade, I'll
> eat my hat.  That thing has enough bells and whistles
> to guarantee that it will NEVER be maintainable by
> real live soldiers, and besides it weighs 24 lbs.

24lbs?	Holy Sh*t batman.  Does it come with an integral
tripod?