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(OT) What if being able to fire 500,000 rounds a minute is not enough
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<blockquote data-quote="Tratyn Runewind" data-source="post: 970956" data-attributes="member: 685"><p>Hello, </p><p></p><p>Ah, Metal Storm. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, longer than many realize. It is in essence a high-tech update of a concept that dates back to the days of muzzle-loading flintlocks. Back then it was called "superimposed loads", and weapons that fired them are said to still exist in some weapons museums. They look like flintlocks (and perhaps wheellocks) with a single barrel, but with multiple locks alternating down both sides of the weapon. Several powder charges and bullets were then stuffed down the barrel, and fired in succession, from closest to the muzzle back to rearmost. Metal Storm is the same thing, with several charges and bullets stuffed into a barrel, but with computer-timed electronic ignition substituted for rows of flints and flashpans. The modern version also has much better sealing between charges; the main problem with the early version was blast pressure and heat igniting multiple charges at once, and blowing up the weapon. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, yes. So does cranking a new belt of 20mm DU into a current CIWS. So does loading rifle magazines with the basic load for an infantry company's weapons. Since all of these things are generally done while not under fire, this hardly seems like much of a disadvantage. At any rate, the ammo seems likely to be stored in interchangeable barrels or barrel segments, rather like those of certain old removable-cylinder cap-and-ball revolvers or harmonica actions. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>One potential application for the technology is in high-rate burst fire for infantry weapons. There could be a huge market for weapons with the firing rate and lethality of P90 or MP7 style "PDWs" but the size of ordinary automatic pistols. It's also much simpler mechanically than current weapons, and has fewer openings for crud to get into the weapon, which should translate into increased reliabilty. Electronic triggering should also have accuracy benefits; I believe it is employed even now in some match pistols that use more conventional ammo. And the CIWS applications seem also worth looking into; while current prototypes may be bulky, the general concept of multi-barrel arrays of electronically-fired superimposed loads seems quite easily adaptable to a wide variety of configurations. </p><p></p><p>At any rate, once they get the bugs worked out, it seems much more practical, and much more innovative, than the likes of the OICW project.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tratyn Runewind, post: 970956, member: 685"] Hello, Ah, Metal Storm. Yes, longer than many realize. It is in essence a high-tech update of a concept that dates back to the days of muzzle-loading flintlocks. Back then it was called "superimposed loads", and weapons that fired them are said to still exist in some weapons museums. They look like flintlocks (and perhaps wheellocks) with a single barrel, but with multiple locks alternating down both sides of the weapon. Several powder charges and bullets were then stuffed down the barrel, and fired in succession, from closest to the muzzle back to rearmost. Metal Storm is the same thing, with several charges and bullets stuffed into a barrel, but with computer-timed electronic ignition substituted for rows of flints and flashpans. The modern version also has much better sealing between charges; the main problem with the early version was blast pressure and heat igniting multiple charges at once, and blowing up the weapon. Well, yes. So does cranking a new belt of 20mm DU into a current CIWS. So does loading rifle magazines with the basic load for an infantry company's weapons. Since all of these things are generally done while not under fire, this hardly seems like much of a disadvantage. At any rate, the ammo seems likely to be stored in interchangeable barrels or barrel segments, rather like those of certain old removable-cylinder cap-and-ball revolvers or harmonica actions. One potential application for the technology is in high-rate burst fire for infantry weapons. There could be a huge market for weapons with the firing rate and lethality of P90 or MP7 style "PDWs" but the size of ordinary automatic pistols. It's also much simpler mechanically than current weapons, and has fewer openings for crud to get into the weapon, which should translate into increased reliabilty. Electronic triggering should also have accuracy benefits; I believe it is employed even now in some match pistols that use more conventional ammo. And the CIWS applications seem also worth looking into; while current prototypes may be bulky, the general concept of multi-barrel arrays of electronically-fired superimposed loads seems quite easily adaptable to a wide variety of configurations. At any rate, once they get the bugs worked out, it seems much more practical, and much more innovative, than the likes of the OICW project. [/QUOTE]
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