The Auto Assault shotgun(AA-12) is a formidable weapon containing loads of firepower and a variety of purpose built rounds. Taking the idea of a shotgun and making into a fully automatic weapon was thought to be a gun of the future, well now it is reality and i am posting this quite late, much later than when the gun was originally conceived. Just got to know about it today when watching an episode of futureweapons
. Why speak about guns on an RC forum you ask?
The developers of the gun have gone ahead and mobilized this weapon with a remote turret system known as the AA-12 Hammer and mounted it on a huge gas-powered helicopter which is remote-controlled, armed/weaponized semi-autonomous/fully-autonomous unmanned mini-helicopter called the AutoCopter Gunship.
Now thats something our army would love to have. >
The AutoCopter Gunship is the first prototype of the weaponized helicopter containing a Hammer Module with only 1 AA-12 mounted on the front. The original auto copter seems like a 700/800 class helicopter.
Here is a link to the complete capabilities and description of the first prototype:
http://www.defensereview.com/exclusive-video-unmanned-mini-helicopter-gets-weaponized-with-aa-12-shotgun/Second newer prototype:
http://www.defensereview.com/hyper-lethal-mini-robotic-attack-helicopter-with-turbine-engine-debuts/I have some footage from futureweapons and some that was on you tube. Will post both of them here.
The video that i got:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSzSv4LMt-w&feature=youtu.beHeres the Video of the first prototype i found on you tube:
Please post your thoughts about this.