"The Dread"

[Terra Nullius]

[Sir Og]

What is the point of a weapon firing at 100,000 ball rounds/minute. It would require tons of ammo.

[Ecthy]

Yeah, but once you got that you can perforate Iran's nukes before they hit you.

[Sir Og]

You should be able to aim at Iran's nukes first. And if you can aim well enough then you woun't need that much rounds/minute.

Oh and Iran has to build nukes first.

[Ecthy]

*tut* what about hordes of Russian tanks?

[Saras]

Javelin their azz!

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse

http://www.military.com/soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_DREAD,,00.html

Looks like an electric motor spins a disk, which thus accelerates rounds.

That's it. I wonder how big the generator or battery is? It probably is not man-portable and probably requires its own generator or a large battery.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Terra Nullius
'kay the recoil-less bit is easy if you're firing in a 360 degree range.

Doesn't make too much sense. I doubt you would be. The recoil force will, however, be smoother than a regular gun's, since the acceleration of each round occurs over a much longer period of time than in a gunpowder weapon.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove


That's it. I wonder how big the generator or battery is? It probably is not man-portable and probably requires its own generator or a large battery.

They seem to be talking about it as a vehicle-mounted weapon.

[child of Thor]

I've seen footage of a weapon thats sounds a little like what is being described. The no-recoil bit doesnt fit though as this thing was fitted to a tank and it looked like it did move the tank a bit when it fired. Not as much as a normal round from the tanks turret, but it did rock.

Still the devestation it caused to the car and wall was near total. It was being looked at as a short range anti-personel weapon, that would also take out lightly armoured vehicles.

It was an american design.

If only they'd spend all this money on something really useful

[Dr Strangelove]

The muzzle velocity is 2500 to 3000fps, about the same as a WW2 rifle. The projectiles are spherical, so they're probably lighter than .303 rounds. Furthermore being spherical they'd likely decelerate more quickly during flight.