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Subject: Re: 21st Century Soldier
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Date: 15 Sep 92 14:18:30 GMT
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megazone@rivdell.sccsi.com (Megazoner) writes:
> ... You gonna tell me that the lenses on a heavy laser are
>gonna last mounted on a tank moving in rough terrain? The ranging laser
>on the M1 had those problems, even with turret stabilization.
>
For large lasers, you can use a front surface rear mirror that's
part of the housing (rock-solid) with an output coupler which can
be dynamically adjusted with piezoelectrics - needed anyway because
of heating effects on firing - inside a nice long protective tube
with shock absorbers that will take advantage of the bigger laser's
greater inertia. The big lasers, properly designed, will probably
survive better than either the M1's ranging laser or the small
alignment lasers that will be used in field maintenance of the
big lasers.
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