Wanted: Local partner to make Corner Shot
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BARELY two months after it was unveiled to the world, a weapon system that can shoot round corners is in Singapore. Its developers are looking to break into the Asian market with a local partner.
Since its launch in Israel last December, police and military forces from 15 countries have bought 100 Corner Shots, and the company has secured orders for 500 more.
Its inventor, Mr Amos Golan, 44, is in Singapore to explore working with a local company to manufacture the device here under licence for the Asian market.
A basic Corner Shot, without special lasers, torch lights and sights, sells for around US$5,500 (S$9,370).
Having served with the Israel Defence Force for more than 20 years and commanded one of its special forces units, Mr Golan, a retired lieutenant-colonel, knows only too well the value of his invention.
The deaths of friends during hostage rescues triggered the idea for Corner Shot.
It took about seven years to develop the hinged device, which is not a weapon itself. Working like an adaptor of sorts, a pistol is fitted into the front end of the device, which can swivel 62 degrees to the left or right. There is also a camera attached near the barrel of the pistol.
It is wired to a plasma colour television screen the size of a credit card at the back end, which allows the shooter to see what he is aiming at without sticking his head round the corner.
Squeezing the trigger of the Corner Shot fires the pistol automatically.
Being able to see round the corner will save lives on both sides, said Mr Golan: 'Every fighter who has seen it sees it as a dream come true. They don't have to change their fighting methods. The only thing is when they come to a corner, they don't have to put their head in the line of fire.
'It also gives criminals a chance to surrender before something happens to them.'
Reactions from special forces units have been extremely positive, with reports that British units in Iraq have already been issued with the Corner Shot and are likely to use it in house searches.
Mr Golan is now just two months away from finishing his next device. This will allow troops to fire out of one window and hit a target hiding behind another window one floor above or below them.
Target's around the corner but Corner Shot inventor Amos Golan still has reporter David Boey in his sights, thanks to the screen that shows him what he is aiming at. -- PHOTOS: TERENCE TAN
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Israeli army facing budget cuts, other than ST engr who else in singapore allowed to make or has capability and funding to make such things.
Btw I was at their tooling plant a few years ago to fix some cad cam printing issue, the plant looks very innocent and run down on outside but Hi Tech and very tight security on inside, I saw rows upon rows of precision engineering turning machines of all sizes, some of them as large and long as a flatbed lorry. It was truly amazing experience.
But most exciting of all was having a chance to look at their arms-skote room seeing rows and rows of gleaming new weapons.
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didn't get to test it out? .... that would be super cool
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There are many variants for this right? I remember there are variants to be attached to either pistols or assualt rifles. Does anyone have any pics or links to recommend?Thanks
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wat the picture shows is a variant for pistols.Originally posted by tankee1981:There are many variants for this right? I remember there are variants to be attached to either pistols or assualt rifles. Does anyone have any pics or links to recommend?Thanks
i cant imagine how bulky and heavy it might become if it were used for assault rifles! -
Hi All,
Looking at the corner shot, I was wondering how the weapon handle the recoil ?
Assuming the firing mechanism, chamber, barrel at the front ?
Your advice will be very much appreciated.
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i reccomend using a mirror more easier and cheaper
then... if you spot the enemy.....
GRENADE!!
in this kind of corner fights.. the first to throw a grenade wins!!
irreguardless you use cornershot or my mirror (goes at 100 dollar a piece niah) -
true. improvision can be more flexible. and it forces one to be creative and to think on one's feet.Originally posted by tripwire:i reccomend using a mirror more easier and cheaper
then... if you spot the enemy..... GRENADE!!
in this kind of corner fights.. the first to throw a grenade wins!!
however this invention would be useful for other purposes too, e.g. to confront enemies around the corner without unduly exposing oneself to risk. -
ok.. but it better weighs less then 300 gram, have infra or NV capabilities plus cost under 1k dollar.
else... i rather go Sim lim square and buy those minature camera and paste them it perpendicular to my rifle foresight. -
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Someone mentioned about the use of grenades earlier to clear rooms. Yes,that is the best way to clear a room if all are the enemy. However in a hostage crisis, a grenade will kill both the hostages and the terrorists. I think that is one of the advantages of the new system.
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hostage cum terrorist in a room??
use stun grenade... then tear gas... before you know it... all the hostage and terrorist will be begging at your feet for mercy!! -
Kaoz, overkill.Originally posted by tripwire:hostage cum terrorist in a room??
use stun grenade... then tear gas... before you know it... all the hostage and terrorist will be begging at your feet for mercy!! -
overkill??
ok lor... i got cheaper and even more effective method...
..... throw a bee hive full of angry bees into the room.
if the terrorist are islamic... we can also throw little piglets into the windows. see their face change colour 
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rareOriginally posted by tripwire:overkill??
ok lor... i got cheaper and even more effective method...
..... throw a bee hive full of angry bees into the room.
if the terrorist are islamic... we can also throw little piglets into the windows. see their face change colour
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well done
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+1Originally posted by tripwire:overkill??
ok lor... i got cheaper and even more effective method...
..... throw a bee hive full of angry bees into the room.
if the terrorist are islamic... we can also throw little piglets into the windows. see their face change colour -
Good to know that OICWs and our SAR-21 OICW version also shoot around corners, but you have to stick the entire gun around...
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err.. like tt any gun oso can shoot ard corner mah.Originally posted by SingaporeTyrannosaur:Good to know that OICWs and our SAR-21 OICW version also shoot around corners, but you have to stick the entire gun around...