Metal Storm - The Ultimate Killing Machine
I would watch the video if you don't want to read it all.
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It's amazing what kind of stupid shit comes out of newb's mouths today compared to way back in the day too.I heard about this a little over a year ago. Its amazing what kind of weapons we have today compared to a club way back in the day.
Posted 01 March 2004 - 03:26 PM
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Posted 01 March 2004 - 04:41 PM
Exactly. Used that way it's no different from what we already have. Except it might be more difficult to reload.First of all, this isn't a one shot thing. If you read the article, it has the potential to have several bullets in each barrel, and they don't need to all be fired at once. So you could essentially have the capability to fire 10 barrages at seperate intervals before needing to reload. That's about equivalent to most of the multiple launch rocket systems that they use in attack helicopters today.
Second, this isn't intended to replace infantry weapons. It will influence them, which I'll get to, but the purpose of the 1,000,000 rounds per minute gun would be primarily anti-personal over a large area or against soft targets such as jeeps or helicopters.
Third, the biggest breakthrough isn't the 20 gazillion barrels that this thing has. The biggest breakthrough is the electronic firing ignition, and the capability with this to have multiple shells in a single barrel. The example about a policeman using it didn't involve multiple shots at once, it involved a pistol with one barrel that has all of its bullets in the barrel and can only be fired when an activating agent is present to allow electronic ignition. The army has been talking about electronic firing for years, mostly because of the rate of fire. It could even be applied to a system using a clip.
Finally, the concept of the bullets being placed in the barrels doesn't necessarily eliminate the possibility of quick reloading. Think about a clip. If it's possible to develop a gun where the clip is interchangeable, it'd be just as easy to develop a gun where the barrel is interchangable, mostly because the barrel would only require contact with electrodes for it to fire correctly.
Posted 01 March 2004 - 04:42 PM
What I see as impressive is that they have efficiently eliminated all of the mechanized firing devices that have been used for decades upon decades. It is about time this technology took a step into the 21st century. Like the guy in the video mentioned, it's not just the immediate applications, but the fact that it's a 'motherhood invention', and it will undoubtably revolutionize modern warfare in the years to come.So they put all the bullets in the barrel ahead of time and fire them in sequence instead of using a magazine, they mount a whole bunch of these barrels together as a unit to increase the ROF in a linear fashion. That's not a technological breakthrough.
Edited by Jangadance, 01 March 2004 - 04:50 PM.
Posted 01 March 2004 - 04:50 PM
Now imagine it the other way around.However, imagine for a moment the officer isn't facing a defenseless plate-man, and instead is being attacked by a trained terrorist using an AK-47.
Posted 01 March 2004 - 05:03 PM
A trained terrorist is being attacked by an officer with an AK-47?Now imagine it the other way around.However, imagine for a moment the officer isn't facing a defenseless plate-man, and instead is being attacked by a trained terrorist using an AK-47.
Posted 01 March 2004 - 05:18 PM
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Posted 01 March 2004 - 08:30 PM
It's anti-personnel for the same reason that machine guns are better anti-personnel weapons than bolt-action rifles. The point is to get the widest spread with each shot for the most probability of a hit. I'm not talking about use against one person, more like a squad in a combat situation. If everyone's taking potshots at you from behind a wall, and you can just spray the area with one click, don't you think your odds are a lot better?OK, a million rounds a minute is over 16,000 rounds per second. Unless you're just spraying and praying, those rounds are going in the same direction. How exactly would this help in anti-personnel situations? As for soft targets, I'd rather hit a chopper with one rocket than a few thousand bullets.
If electronic firing is the big story here then I'm impressed that the pentagon is finally catching up to paintball technology. Magnetic and RF safety interlocks are already available for handguns that don't have electronic ignition so that's a non-issue as well.
Right, that's discussed in the article. The problem being that instead of a half dozen magazines you're carrying around a half dozen barrels. It's not that it's impossible, it just seems cumbersome and pointless.
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Which ones? I like the Dual DEagles she shot through the floor with.In any case, at least now we know what those pistols in the movie "Underworld" were...
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Posted 03 March 2004 - 10:47 AM
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