04-15-2007, 09:13 PM
Railguns:
<a href='http://www.military.com/soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_RailGuns,,00.html' target='_blank'>http://www.military.com/soldiertech/0,1463...ilGuns,,00.html</a>
Hot Facts:
A projected naval rail gun with a 2.5km/sec muzzle velocity could deliver a guided projectile with an impact velocity of Mach 5 to targets at ranges of 250 miles, at a rate greater than 6 rounds per minute.
A test demonstrated that a rail gun projectile's kinetic energy could create a 10-foot diameter crater, 10 feet deep in solid ground, and achieve projectile penetration to 40 feet - 3 to 5 times more effective than current guns.
Rail gun projectiles are smaller and easier to store: a standard AGS magazine holds 1,500 rounds; a rail gun magazine could hold 10,000 rounds in the same amount of space. -battelle.org
"Gauss" Guns:
<a href='http://www.coilgun.ru/' target='_blank'>http://www.coilgun.ru/</a>
<a href='http://www.military.com/soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_RailGuns,,00.html' target='_blank'>http://www.military.com/soldiertech/0,1463...ilGuns,,00.html</a>
Hot Facts:
A projected naval rail gun with a 2.5km/sec muzzle velocity could deliver a guided projectile with an impact velocity of Mach 5 to targets at ranges of 250 miles, at a rate greater than 6 rounds per minute.
A test demonstrated that a rail gun projectile's kinetic energy could create a 10-foot diameter crater, 10 feet deep in solid ground, and achieve projectile penetration to 40 feet - 3 to 5 times more effective than current guns.
Rail gun projectiles are smaller and easier to store: a standard AGS magazine holds 1,500 rounds; a rail gun magazine could hold 10,000 rounds in the same amount of space. -battelle.org
"Gauss" Guns:
<a href='http://www.coilgun.ru/' target='_blank'>http://www.coilgun.ru/</a>
