Active Denial System

[dragon10390]

I posted this in the What do you want to see in a realism mod, and realized it may not get noticed, so here it is again, feel free to delete the original post moderators.

This is obviously going to be hard to code, but I don't care, its a suggestion, not an order, so don't get pissed off and say 'Boohoo, thats too hard' I freaking know it will be... anyways:

The Active Denial System

Already in use by the US Military in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is a vehicle mounted/point defense weapon capable of firing electromagnetic radiation towards an enemy, heating the water in every part of their body to an average temperature of 55 degrees C. Painful huh? Anyways, seeing as it is not lethal, it is currently employed as a deterrent, thus it being named the Active Denial System. I'm not sure if this is even possible, but if it is, it could have the effect on the targeted troops similar to that of shell shock, or the near-death vision blur as long as the beam is targeted on them. It would not kill them, just greatly disorient and impair them, making them a defenseless to friendly troops. It could be mounted on a Humvee, or an APC, and in some cases, as a ground defense weapon, or on an aircraft carrier, targeting enemy fighters, blurring their vision, most likely causing them to crash, or lose the ability to pilot - ending in a crash is guess. It would be a very vulnerable weapon because it is such a large target, but this would balance out the effectiveness of it.
Links for photos and more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Denial_System
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...und/v-mads.htm
http://www.defensetech.org/archives/001102.html

PS: To add insult to programmers injury, the beam cannot be blocked from hitting someone, although it cannot shoot through walls. It can be nulled if it hits the wet clothing of a combatant, or meat, as said in the article - although i doubt someone would wear meat to protect themselves, unless they were hungry too, then its a damn good idea - the energy then transfers to the wet object being worn, making the combatant fell very little pain.

EDIT: What I mean by saying it cannot be blocked is small vehicle armor, glass, trees, grass and what not cannot protect the combatant being targeted and fired upon

Heres a pic of one mounted on a Humvee:
http://brucegoldfarb.com/vmads.jpg

EDIT: My mistake, the ADS/V-MADS systems are still in development, but are due to be ready in 2010, not 2005 as written in some articles, however, the LRAD system is currently deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, which emits a high frequency sound wave in a beam similar to that of the ADS system, which has the capability to permanently deafen or possibly even kill the targeted persons. Both weapons have ranges of approximately 500m to 1km

[SiN|ScarFace]

Don't forget to code rolls of tinfoil to make shields out of. I vote hell no.

[mammikoura]

as far as I know that is supposed to be used against riots and stuff like that, instead of enemy combatants. But then again, might not be a bad idea to put it in game since we are getting the civilian kit for the insurgents.

Edit: though if created it should be only used in maps with insurgents. And it should be a very limited thing, maybe like 1 or 2 humvees.

[Eddie Baker]

This has been suggested before. Please do a quick search before making suggestions in the future.