Infantry based laser weapons when?

>>31094211
~100 years

Depends on what you consider infantry based.the Norks might have blinding lasers already.

Depends where battery/supercapacitor tech goes. No sooner than 50 years.

>>31095004
Could have a back pack unit for the battery

>>31095244
That's fucking heavy and infantry already carry shitloads of stuff.

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>>31094211
Already in service 20 years ago.

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If they could ever make this magnificent piece of fiction, the entire face of warfare would change overnight.

Despite being laughably called a flashlight in it's setting, the Mars Patter Lasrifle is so powerful it would shit on damned near everything we have now. A single shot can punch through 4 feet of concrete. Each power pack is good for about 50 shots. They can be recharged in sunglight.

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>>31095306
Just have a solider who is specialized to carry it like pic related or flame thrower troops

>>31094211
That tech is expensive, in the medical field I'm in we're pondering the idea of getting a laser for precision scalping, the laser can cut to even the size of a cell, without damaging the surrounding tissue.
One small problem, the tech is expensive and the energy output is a match to the price.
But we are not that far away from laser weapons, Russia has a fighter outfitted with a laser weapon. If it has military might and use, Russia is willing to pay in order to get the edge should a war arise.

>USS Ponce

Hahaha, you shitting me?

>>31094211
In the grim darkness of the far future.

>>31095502
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ponce_(LPD-15)