Deadliest Battlefield Gun Ever Invented
August, 23 - 2015
The Potential for 1 Million Rounds Per Minute
Metal Storm Limited is a research and development company that specializes in electronically initiated stacked projectile weapons technology. Metal Storm is both the name of the company and the technology.The company is based in Brisbane, Australia with a subsidiary in Washington DC, U.S.A. Metal Storm owns the proprietary rights to the electronic ballistics technology invented by J. Mike O'Dwyer. Metal Storm has created a 36-barreled stacked projectile machine gun, boasting the highest rate of fire in the world. The prototype weapon demonstrated a firing rate of slightly over one million rounds per minute for a 180-round burst.
Metal storm is one of the most devastating / deadliest weapons ever invented. This amazing weapon combines the magazine with the barrel, cutting moving parts down to zero. With the bullets simply lined up next to each other in the barrel, this gun can fire at absolutely staggering rates. There's no hammer pulling the trigger sends a series of electrical signals down the barrel to the bullet. This weapon can intercept supersonic weapons it's reliable. It's also the most powerful automatic weapon ever made. – The Discovery Channel put together a great piece showing just how this amazing weapons operates. With the ability to fire 16,000 rounds of ammunition each second, the Metal Storm Stacked Projectile is one of the most fearsome military weapons in development.
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Geinig, maar is het ook de toekomst...? :angel:
Citaat van: DvdW op 24/08/2015 | 15:39 uur
Geinig, maar is het ook de toekomst...? :angel:
Geen idee... Misschien als CIWS?
Citaat van: jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter) op 24/08/2015 | 15:42 uur
Geen idee... Misschien als CIWS?
Zou zomaar kunnen. Nu nog de info over het kaliber en (effectieve) reikwijdte.
Onder een A10 hangen?! Als extraatje... 8)
Lijkt me een armenluis alternatief voor wie geen HEL-laser of reactief pantser kan betalen. En laser vraagt om batterij en condensatoren. Het gewicht van reactief pantser verlaagd de prestaties.