Canada's Next-Generation Military Smart Gun Unveiled

Zothecula writes Looking every bit like a weapon from a science fiction movie, the latest integrated assault rifle prototype being developed for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is packed with some very smart weapons technology. Along with the ability to fire new lightweight telescoped ammunition, and a secondary effects module that adds either a three-round 40 mm grenade launcher or a 12-gauge shotgun, there is also a NATO-standard power and data bus to allow the attachment of smart accessories, such as electro-optical sights and position sensors that connect to command and control networks.

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Xenomorphs

[DavenH]

Those critters from LV-426 better look out.

other undocumented feature sets

[nimbius]

The rifle is really pretty slick. Some of the other underdocumented features include:
1. voice recording of stephen harper espousing platitudes about patriotism and freedom, automatically activated when any american president declares a 'coalition' of anything.
2. tactical Rick Mercer video will automatically be deployed in the event of house of lords/house of commons dispute over military action or funding
3. much like the leafs general manager change, this weapon does not statistically improve the likelyhood of winning.
4. can equip with molson or Labatt, and in the event of an emergency can replace most domestic tap handles.
5. 3 fire modes, single, auto, and 'prorogue' designed to assist in saving political leadership from being packed up and shipped back to their strip mall constituency in alberta.
6. 40mm launcher can fire traditional incendiary and gas ordinances as well as store timbits.
7. Dissipated barrel heat is recycled to bake up to 2 butter tarts.