Re: [GZG] Real Life catches up to, passes(?), Star Grunt weaponry

On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 04:19:45PM +0100, Oerjan Ariander wrote:

>It is, though with the calibre borrowed from the OISW (25mm instead 
>of 20mm). (Hm, that's funny - I get zero hits when googling for OISW. 
>Was that program *that* thoroughly killed...? :-S)

I hadn't heard of it before. Hmm, poking about a bit - perhaps OCSW
(Objective Crew Served Weapon) rather than OISW? That at least has a
basic Wikipedia page.

>Ouch. I hadn't heard about any fatal accidents - was that at 
>Aberdeen? ... and do you know any more about that?

Aberdeen, yes, and about 2003. I don't have more details; if I can
relocate my source I'll post it.

R
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