Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Navy tests Rail-Gun

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • #16
    Originally posted by RedRed View Post
    I read somewhere (still searching for the link) that unless the ship is nuclear powered, current generators onboard will only allow 7 - 10 shots of a 5 inch gun per DAY... (at 64 megajoules). (and thats with replaseing the available space from the armours with energy storage systems)
    It's most likely NOT a power lmitation, but rather having to test/calibrate/repair the guns between shots. They have to be super-precise in order to be accurate.
    Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

    Comment


    • #17
      @ technoid - its a different area of physics.... The sabot weight about 3 KG. the trick to its destructive ability is that it strikes fast (very) with its kinetic energy in a tiny point. Kind of like the effct of a stiletto heel standing on your foot exerts more pain than an elephant standing on your foot!

      That destroys the sabot and translates it into a stream of metal vapour (under pressure) - this is a bit like a blowtorch. Anyone in it is already dead - but they might not realise it!


      Overpressure blows up the target.

      thats why the sabot only works against 'hard' targets. something that yields (as in a normal sheet of steel) simply allows the sabot to pass through without significant damage. Had picture (3) in Dr M first post been armoured, the shell would have blown the boxcar apart. Had it been filed with sand or concrete- the sabot would have buried its self without much happening. Instead it blew a neat hole. - you can possibly see some signs of in the 3rd picture.... there appears to be a slight outward bulge to the front of the boxcar....
      Dont just swallow the blue pill.

      Comment


      • #18
        "Women don't want to hear a man's opinion, they just want to hear their opinion in a deeper voice."

        Comment


        • #19
          That is too funny!

          needs to say a doomesqe 'RAMPAge' with 3 head shots!!!
          Dont just swallow the blue pill.

          Comment


          • #20
            instagib was my fav quake3/ut playing style
            /meow
            Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
            Asus Striker ][
            8GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 (4x2GB)
            Asus EN8800GT 512MB x2(SLI)

            I am C4tX0r, hear me mew!

            Comment

            Working...