A spokeswoman confirmed reports that its equipment testing specialists had acquired six TrackingPoint rifles as part of efforts to identify state-of-the-art kit.
The tech allows the user to place a virtual tag on a target seen through the weapon's scope.
If the trigger is pressed, it fires only if the gun is correctly lined up.
This prevents errors such as trigger jerk, range miscalculation and accidental firing from being a problem.
In addition, a Linux-based computer built into the scope can compensate for 16 calculated variables, including temperature, the expected spin drift of the bullet and the direction the wind is blowing.
Scope view A TrackingPoint weapon is supposed to refuse to fire until a red dot is lined up with a tagged target
"I can only train a soldier so much," Lt Col Shawn Lucas, of the army's Program Executive Office (PEO) soldier division,
The tech allows the user to place a virtual tag on a target seen through the weapon's scope.
If the trigger is pressed, it fires only if the gun is correctly lined up.
This prevents errors such as trigger jerk, range miscalculation and accidental firing from being a problem.
In addition, a Linux-based computer built into the scope can compensate for 16 calculated variables, including temperature, the expected spin drift of the bullet and the direction the wind is blowing.
Scope view A TrackingPoint weapon is supposed to refuse to fire until a red dot is lined up with a tagged target
"I can only train a soldier so much," Lt Col Shawn Lucas, of the army's Program Executive Office (PEO) soldier division,
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