From: | "SEAN K. DAVIS" <DAVISS@*******.CAE.WISC.EDU> |
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Subject: | More on railguns and the navy... |
Date: | Wed, 13 Apr 1994 15:50:07 CST6CDT |
The projectiles that were used for the tests were (supposably)
very small, thus allowing very high speeds. A really really tiny
particle (ie particle cannon) can be acclerated to high speed quite
easily. (realativly speaking of course) The small particle would
still have a very high kinetic energy due to it's speed. It would
also punch nice wholes though armor. :)
I have also seen hypothetical designs for tank mounted
railgun/partical gun's. Of course they are usually big and require a
seperate tank or 2 for the energy supply, so till superconductors
become readily available I don't think it will come to much. Still
though, it would render any current tank armor quite absolete...
This whole discussion reminds me abit of the movie Split Second.
"We need big guns! Really big f***ing guns!" (or something real
close)
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Sean K. Davis (USN) daviss@*******.cae.wisc.edu
University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
aka Dr. Khaos aka Chromer
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