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Shots fired from ground robot in live testing

11th May 2018 - 09:00 GMT | by Beth Maundrill in London

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Rheinmetall Canada has confirmed it has conducted successful live firings from its weaponised 8x8 UGV.

Live firing tests were conducted in Canada in the fourth quarter 2017 using a .50 cal gun on board the Multimission Unmanned Ground Vehicle (MMUGV) solution, a company spokesperson told Shephard, adding that the 'results have been very good’.

Working to develop such unmanned technology is not without its restrictions and the spokesperson said that such a live firing would not have been possible anywhere in Rheinmetall’s home nation of Germany.

There were some restrictions to testing in Canada where firing on the move was

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