Talk:MLRS-1 Hydra

I'm a little iffy on calling it a grenade launcher, since the (admittedly limited) footage I've seen seems to show the projectile being self-propelled and guided, but it's the closest term I know of. Anybody who knows better, please feel free to correct it. --  Qura 'Morhek   The Autocrat     of Morheka   16:26, 26 November 2014 (EST)
 * I'd say air burst grenade launcher since unlike the plasma launcher, these are (what looks like) grenades and they seem to explode near the target. SamGall (talk) 17:52, 26 November 2014 (EST)

Just to note we will be seeing some more pics of the Hydra (at the end of today's The Sprint episode you can try and screenshot an in development pic of it) in production and we'll get some backstory in either tomorrow's or Sunday's episode of The Sprint. Just a heads up. SamGall (talk) 00:28, 20 December 2014 (EST)

Edited out the trivia section
I removed the trivia section because the only bit was someone noting that it "resembled the XM-25 in form and function", which is not really something I think is up to this wiki's standards. First of all, it does not resemble the XM-25 at all. The XM-25 is in a bullpup configuration and is fed from detaching box magazines. Second, it is only similar in function on the most basic level, in that it fires "smart grenades". The XM-25 does include a range-finder and computer that allows the user to set the 25mm grenades to detonate at variable distances from the range scanned. But the grenades are not self-propelled (they fire from a shell like conventional bullets) and most certainly do not guide themselves. I think a youngster just recently learned of the existence of the XM-25 from Call of Duty or something, and tried to shoehorn in their "knowledge". Anyone who knows anything about contemporary weapons would know that the Hydra is no more similar to the Hydra than other contemporary "smart grenade" launchers. The idea of grenades that can be set to fire at a determined distance is not new, nor is it unique to the XM-25.

Long story short, the trivia was not really accurate or relevant. It makes no more sense than to say the M90 shotgun is similar in form and function to the Pancor Jackhammer.


 * Agreed with your edit. It has as much validity as saying the BR55 bears a superficial resemblance to the XM8, which we had on that article for a while but eventually removed. Not to mention, having seen only a limited amount of footage of the weapon, I don't know if we can legitimately say that it does function in a similar way. --  Qura 'Morhek   The Autocrat     of Morheka   03:18, 20 December 2014 (EST)