From:	Alex van der Kleut <sommers@*****.UMICH.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Rail guns...
Date:	Fri, 4 Nov 1994 09:54:51 -0500

On Thu, 3 Nov 1994, J. Long wrote:

> Date sent: 3-NOV-1994 20:38:27
> Chummers:
>
>
> We discused this topic to death about 10 months ago. Let's not go off on
> this again o.k.??
>
> ;^)
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I thought this was a good topic because it was new. I just saw the
article on the rail gun. The point was that they were mounting it on a
tank to use as a battlefield weapon, not just a big testing bed. I dont
remember the speed (i think 10m a second is slow), but I do remember the
power source. They weren't able to get generators or batteries to crank
out enough juice, so they are using a giant flywheel. Stores up all sorts
of kinetic energy with a recharge to fire time of about 1 minute. And the
prototype is going to be built soon. Come to think of it,it almost looked
a little like a Stonewalll MBT...