120,000 rounds-per-minute DREAD machine gun
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DoC_FouALieR
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I really wonder how it operates..
Looks like another "magic" gun using some physical phenomens like electric linear accelerator or gauss gun with no real considerations on the stored/transfered/consumed energy.
Looks like another "magic" gun using some physical phenomens like electric linear accelerator or gauss gun with no real considerations on the stored/transfered/consumed energy.
This weapon would use fleshette type rounds for any sort of accurcy but in the smaller calibres adverse weather could affect accurcy over longer ranges, so would it not be better suited for area defence namely airfields,depots,ships? where ammo and power should not be an issue
DoC_FouALieR
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If power is not a problem, I would rather use some kind of high energy laser...
It is not a rail gun. It operates by spinning a rotor at high speed and releasing the ball projectiles at the correct moment. It has been discussed widely on specialist forums, such as the two below (they in turn have links to many original sources).
http://forums.military.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/3101927042/m/48000706713
http://www.roguesci.org/theforum/showthread.php?p=73059
There are many issues with this approach, including the power and time required to spin-up the weapon and the ballistic characteristics of the projectiles.
If you wan to find out more just Google on DREAD & Trinamic.
IMHO: Don’t bother to waste your time.
Chris
ditto from me.
I'd hate to be in range of that if the g forces generated suddenly decided to go for a walk.
it would be like a 360 degree claymore going off.
WOFTAM
we did end up speaking to some of the blokes who did the assessment.
from an application perspective - see my prev.
nfloorl:F-15 Eagle
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I think this gun is completly unrealistic, I mean a gun that has 120,000rpm, and NO SOUND since it fires .308 and .50 calliber rounds, without overheating well I don't think this is possible.