I'm fairly sure some of the rifles employed by the Special Air Service (no relation) weigh more than that...!
Fact of the Day: Super Army Soldiers are issued with a Basic Aerial Lightweight Covert Operations Nuclear Interceptor, designed by the Boffins at LARPA (Lutons Advanced Research Projects Agency) at just £200mil it can carry a 60kg soldier with up to 1kg of kit up to 42.3ft!pic.twitter.com/OpLodAJFDb
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So, that’s a school cadet and 1/3 (ish) of an M16 with no ammunition. Is this a government operation?
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@RAF_Luton rifles don’t need heavy ammo.
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What is the engine cuts out, He’ll be stuck up there all day!
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Didn't these have a tendency to Fall Abruptly In Lift? Making them Smash Percussively Largely Against Terrain?
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Colleagues of mine were working on this for years - so good to see this becoming a reality.
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Is that an Air rifle to go with it?
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Once again those brave cheeky chappies in the specially adapted Canny Canberra were there to catch them if they fell ...in glorious super slow motionpic.twitter.com/2I03I11RIZ
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Neat. Now you only have to find a 60kg soldier willing to stand naked on that thing with a gun weighing only 1kg...
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Finally a real solution to when you need to shoot Godzilla.
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