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Message no. 1
From: "SEAN K. DAVIS" <DAVISS@*******.CAE.WISC.EDU>
Subject: More on railguns and the navy...
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 15:50:07 CST6CDT
Remembered something else so I decided to update my last mailing.

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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Message no. 2
From: "I.M. Legion" <legion@***.SC.COLOSTATE.EDU>
Subject: Re: More on railguns and the navy...
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 08:48:37 -0600
> 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...

The last new tank design I have seen to be submitted for evaluation
before development and testing could begin was for a medium tank (~40 tons)
that would use a "thermo-magnetic" cannon for it's main gun. The basic
design for the projectile was similar to an artillery shell: projectile
with a couple of powder charges. Its supposed to be a multi part round.
The powder charge gives the round it's initial velocity, which is then
accelerated even more by the magnetic coils in the gun tube. Since the round
already has velocity, less power is needed for the magnetic coils, making
it a good compromise between conventional cannon and railguns.

I got this information from a 1989 issue of "The Army Times." Good
magazine, especially if you're in the Army! :-)

> This whole discussion reminds me abit of the movie Split Second.
> "We need big guns! Really big f***ing guns!" (or something real
> close)

That's what makes the world go around! The recoil from Big Guns (TM)!

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