Super Gun fires one million rounds a minute!!!

[guyver01]

METAL STORM
BRISBANE, Australia (CNN) -- Imagine a gun that fires a million rounds a minute -- enough to shred a target in a blink of an eye, or throw up a defensive wall against an incoming missile.

http://www.metalstorm.com/

There;s even a cool video

 

[Eli]

:Q

That's 16,667 rounds per second! How the hell?

:Q

Edit: Oh, it has multiple barrels.. But still.......

 

[Eli]

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[FishTankX]

With a technology like this, who needs NMD? Just shred the missile into bits with velocity controlled bullets, giving them just enough penetration to get into the missile and do some damage.

 

[nick1985]

jesus christ...

 

[screw3d]

Hmmm.. I remember seeing a similiar gun on a navy ship.. called "the mother of machine guns" or something like that.. 1000k rounds.. w00t !!

 

[Snapster]

I remember seeing the prototype a few years back for this on uk tv.......devastating.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: FishTankX
With a technology like this, who needs NMD? Just shred the missile into bits with velocity controlled bullets, giving them just enough penetration to get into the missile and do some damage.

Sounds promising if a missle could be developed that used this technology.

 

[SyahM]

Originally posted by: Hayabusarider

Originally posted by: FishTankX With a technology like this, who needs NMD? Just shred the missile into bits with velocity controlled bullets, giving them just enough penetration to get into the missile and do some damage.

Sounds promising if a missle could be developed that used this technology.

hahha .. that reminds me of robotech! would be really cool though ...

 

[crab]

I wish their upload was as fast as their gun...

 

[Blain]

Will they be selling a home defense version?

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: crab
I wish their upload was as fast as their gun...

I was getting around 160k/sec...

 

[conjur]

Imagine the havoc a crazed redneck could wreak!

 

[Wolverine27]

:Q Wow!!! :Q

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: conjur
Imagine the havoc a crazed redneck could wreak!

I concur with conjur :Q

 

[OulOat]

Meh, it's stupid, all the videos show is the gun firing without reloading. Sure, it can fire fast, but how long is the reload time and can it sustain firings due to the tremedous heat produced?

 

[Angrymarshmello]

Originally posted by: OulOat
Meh, it's stupid, all the videos show is the gun firing without reloading. Sure, it can fire fast, but how long is the reload time and can it sustain firings due to the tremedous heat produced?

You're firing 1 million rounds a minute - does it really matter how long the gun is reloading?

 

[thenerdguy]

Very cool!

 

[GoingUp]

wheres t he gun video? I dont see it......

 

[Mr N8]

I'm wondering how that thing doesn't overheat in about 10 seconds. It would be interesting to see how they took care of the issue.

 

[UNCjigga]

Not recommended for postal workers...

 

[OulOat]

Originally posted by: Angrymarshmello

Originally posted by: OulOat
Meh, it's stupid, all the videos show is the gun firing without reloading. Sure, it can fire fast, but how long is the reload time and can it sustain firings due to the tremedous heat produced?

You're firing 1 million rounds a minute - does it really matter how long the gun is reloading?

Yes it does. Look at the videos, the gun can only fire bursts of 36 bullets at once, after that it needs to reload. Really useless if the reload time is more than a couple of secs. Also, think about how much ammo this thing eats. This has to be a heavily defensive weapon, no offensive force can carry enough ammo for this gun to be useful.

 

[Kenazo]

How often is an m-16 fired in 1 minute under battle conditions? Maybe what 50 rounds? Here you have no gunpowder, so all the ammo weight is bullet, thus instead of toting around 50 rounds you can carry say 200 rounds. Also, instead of firing 50 rounds in the one minute, in bursts of say 5 bullets, you can rather fire 10 bursts of maybe 20 bullets, thus being much more leathal.

disclaimer: All numbers are hypothetical, b/c i've never fired such a weapon, much less been under battle conditions.

 

[Howard]

Sorry to say it, but it's a repost.

 

[hevnsnt]

very interesting how it works.. This weapon was developed from Ink-Jet technology..

Download the 80m video, it is really interesting