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From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: MP laser & mirrors
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 12:04:18 +0100
Jaymz said on 22:06/10 Jul 97...

> Has anyone ever tried to deal with the MP laser and mirrors?
>
> Eg. a mirrored shield of some sort?

I don't know enough about lasers to know if that would work. At first I'd
say yes, but anyon walking around with a large mirror deserves everything
that gets fired at him... (Why do you think attack helicopter cockpits
have nearly flat glass plates instead of the curved ones that were so
popular 25+ years ago?)

> Also using a mirror to assist aiming and aiming around corners, etc?

With an MP laser? Should be possible, if you use a laser sight (easy
enough to make by powering down the output of the MP laser). Otherwise
it's extremely hard to aim properly through a mirror, since you're not
looking in the same direction as the weapon anymore. (Unless you decide to
make one of those curved barrel attachments that existed for the StG-44 at
the end of WWII.)

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