90-Degrees

CNN article: http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/10/29/laser.cannon.ap/index.html. The laser weapon thing is nothing new, the picture is even taken from a months-old Popular Mechanics issue. The INTERESTING thing is at the bottom.

Also Tuesday, the Maariv daily reported that a U.S.-Israeli company has developed a gun that can fire at right angles.

According to the report, the pistol, produced by the Florida-based Corner Shot Holdings, is being tested by the Israeli military and has already been bought by a number of special forces around the world.

Sure it’s a pistol the size of a sub-machinegun, but it shoots at right angles! This could be very useful in special ops… however, the pistol factor limits it to close range combat. Can’t they attach an uzi or something to the front?