here you go LT :-
Senior Australian Defence Force
Personnel Firing Demonstration
Brisbane, Australia Friday, 6 August 2010: Metal Storm Limited (ASX trading code:
MST, OTC Symbol: MTSXY).
Metal Storm is pleased to advise that on 23rd July 2010 it hosted a live firing
demonstration and briefing for Air Vice-Marshal Jack Plenty AM, Major General John
Caligari DSC AM, and Mr Norbert Burman.
Air Vice-Marshal Plenty is the Head of Capability Systems Division for the Australian
Defence Force (ADF).
Major General Caligari is the Head Modernisation and Strategic Plans Army, and
leads strategic planning and the modernisation of Army's capability.
Mr Norbert Burman is a senior scientist with the Defence Science and Technology
Organisation (DSTO).
The full day visit included live rapid-fire demonstrations of the Metal Storm 3GL 3 shot
semi-automatic grenade launcher, and a tour of the Companys engineering and test
facilities.
Air Vice-Marshal Plenty said that he was impressed by the latest weapons
development and that the firepower/weight ratio of weapons was where the future of
small arms lay.
The new capability of the latest Metal Storm weapons is something I wanted to be fully
briefed on as Head Capability Systems, he said.
Metal Storm CEO Dr Lee Finniear welcomed the visit.
The ADF is important to Metal Storm both as a potential user and as a potential
partner, he said. We are grateful for the time and attention of such senior ADF officers
and for their positive feedback. The visit met Metal Storms objective and advances the
relationship between Metal Storm and the ADF.
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