The SMASH 2000L is developed and produced by Smart Shooter Ltd., a defense technology company based in Yagur, Israel. The firm specializes in fire control systems designed to improve small arms accuracy and lethality in complex battlefield environments. The SMASH 2000L represents a lightweight, compact iteration of the company’s proven SMASH technology, specifically engineered for integration with standard assault rifles such as the M4A1. It allows operators to effectively engage not only ground targets but also small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS), which pose growing threats in modern combat zones.
The core of the SMASH 2000L system lies in its electro-optical targeting suite paired with an AI-driven fire control mechanism. Using onboard sensors and imaging software, the system scans for aerial or terrestrial targets, locks onto them using advanced computer vision algorithms, and calculates ballistic solutions in real time. Once the operator designates a target and applies trigger pressure, the SMASH system controls the exact moment of firing, ensuring the round is discharged only when a direct hit is assured. This trigger control, known as “one shot one hit,” eliminates human-induced error from recoil, movement, or stress, dramatically enhancing engagement precision.
— Global Defense News in U.S. Army integrates SMASH smart fire control system on M4A1 rifle to target aerial drones
Why does this rifle have a blank adapter on it in the picture??? If it’s intended to shoot down drones.
Its probably just a ‘training demo’ pic for the sighting system with using blanks instead of live ammo. The sighting system is not just for drones, its also for ground targets.
The system its self is just a sighting system, a sight, it doesn’t actually fire anything its self. It tracks the ‘target’ designated – like the article says “Once the operator designates a target and applies trigger pressure, the SMASH system controls the exact moment of firing, ensuring the round is discharged only when a direct hit is assured.”
So using blanks for training would give the same effect – designate the target, squeeze the trigger, and the sight system will decide when the gun fires to ensure a hit. You don’t need live rounds in training-demo to learn how the sight works, blanks would do it thus a blank adapater.