Future Weapons
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| FutureWeapons | |
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 Barrett XM107/M107 Sniper Rifle |
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| Genre | Documentary TV Series |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Creator(s) | ? |
| Developer(s) | ? |
| Executive producer(s) | ? |
| Starring | Richard Machowicz |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original channel | Discovery Channel |
| Original run | April 19, 2006–present |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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FutureWeapons is a television program that premiered on April 19th, 2006 on Discovery Channel. The show host is ex-Navy SEAL Richard Machowicz. Machowicz reviews new future war technologies. He demonstrates the technologies' deadly potential and science behind it.
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[edit] Criticism
Machowicz has a tendency to exaggerate the features of the weapons he review. For instance, the "new" M107 is simply a new name for the old M82, used by the U.S. Army since 1990s. He also implies "backpack nukes" and EMP (both capable of blacking out the continental United States) are the same type of weapon. Also, during the demonstration of the Excalibur System accuracy, he ignores the problem that the warhead it uses is completely indiscriminate.
To a point this is understandable, as the companies who built these weapons would not be so cooperative if the program did not allow an opportunity for promotion of their products. It does however mean that most of what he states is to be taken with a pinch of salt.
However, he has given various untrue statements- whereas he claims that the .223 Remington is the main round used by the United States military (When actually it is 5.56 NATO- nearly dimensionally identical, but generating higher pressures), and claiming that the AK-47 uses a .308 round, while holding a .308 Winchester round. In reality, the AK-47 uses the 7.62X39 round, which although utilizing a .308 caliber projectile, is much weaker. Also, the XM107 is not the most powerful sniper rifle in thw world- there are several (in varying stages of development) 25mm sniper rifles.
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Season 1: 2006
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"No Place to Hide" | April 19, 2006 | 1 | 1 | |
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"Stealth" | April 26, 2006 | 2 | 2 | |
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"Maximum Impact" | May 3, 2006 | 3 | 3 | |
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"Future Shock" | May 10, 2006 | 4 | 4 | |
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"Smart Weapons" | May 17, 2006 | 5 | 5 | |
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"The Power of Fear" | May 24, 2006 | 6 | 6 | |
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[edit] Featured Weapons and Country of Origin
- Advanced Tactical Laser (United States)
- AH-64 Apache Longbow (United States)
- Airborne Laser (United States)
- Biological Weapons (various)
- CornerShot (Israel)
- Directed-energy Weapons (various)
- EMP Weapons (United States)
- F-35 Lightning II (United States and United Kingdom)
- FGM-148 Javelin (United States)
- IMI Tavor TAR-21 (Israel)
- LRAD (United States)
- M107 Sniper Rifle (United States)
- Metal Storm (Australia)
- MLRS (United States)
- MOAB (United States)
- XM29 rifle (Open to Export)
- Persistent Munition Technology Demonstrator, better known as the Dominator (United States)
- Panzerhaubitze 2000 (Germany)
- RQ-1 Predator (United States)
- Sensor-fused weapon (United States)
- Starstreak missile (United Kingdom)
- SWORDS (United States)
- Tactical High Energy Laser (Israel and United States)
- Thermobaric weapons (United States)
- Thor Missile Launcher (United Kingdom)
- Type 212 U-boat (Germany)
- XM982 Excalibur (Sweden and United States)
- NLOS Cannon (United States)
