VLE Handgun Check this out!

"Designed for use by specialist police teams and by the military, the O'Dwyer VLe prototype is the world's first 100% electronic handgun. Utilising new ballistics technology developed in Australia by Metal Storm that has no moving parts, no separate magazine, no ammunition feed, and outstrips conventional firing systems, the seven shot single barrel VLe can fire multiple rounds with a single pull of the trigger at a rate equivalent to 60,000 rounds per minute so that a three shot burst appears to be a single shot and the three impacts appear almost simultaneously on the target."

Read more about it here = www.gizmo.com.au...

www.metalstorm.com... Scroll down and click see video then scroll down and look for the Vle handgun it will show a clip and good information on how the gun fires and all other info.

[Edited on 26-2-2004 by ShadowMan]

[Edited on 26-2-2004 by ShadowMan]

yeah, but a single EMP bomb would render an army equipped with these useless.

I'll stick with my glock

the dsto has alrdy been invented...its called the clarion

and that handgun it looks crappy

the desert eagle should be the gun its powerful and accurate

[Edited on 26-2-2004 by CookieMonster000]

I have to kinda agree with dreamstone here but Ill stick with my 1911A colt 45 IMO one of the best handguns in the world.

Sometimes simple is better

[Edited on 26-2-2004 by Amuk]

Well i tryed my best guys sorry to dissapoint you

well that gun is something new it just looks crappy but i bet the perfomance is good

i bet people are going to start tuning guns instead of cars once these babies are out

dont get down shadow...get out! and go target shooting!

can i be the target????

hah well i cant go target shooting now maybe this weekend Ill think twice before posting something stupid next time i just thought since i liked it i can show you guys but ohh well no loss.

I said before, not stupid. Just use the search function the next time you post. I've gotten flamed quite a bit for not doing that

Actually to tell you the truth i did search for Vle and VLe handgun and found nothing so what the hell i said to myself ill post it

when thye invent the shelless gun then that will be a revoulution no im not talking about the rail gun but a gun with standerd metal jackets just without the powder and shell. ill take my p99 over that thing any day.

Do you know how hard it is to get a useable EMP blast radius out of a conventional explosion?? And if they are close enough to the nuclear blast for it to screw up electronics of there hand gun, then they are probibly not worried about there side arm working:

Also, did you see the big version of this, that is not a hand gun, can shoot at the rate of like 1,000,000 rounds per minute? (probibly not continusially)

Not disappointed at all with the post here. Great information on advanced weapon technology.

I am a little disappointed with the handgun, though. The stopping power of .45 ACP renders the burst accuracy pointless, plus a three round burst in a handgun, or any firearm is a waste of ammo in my book. One shot, one kill!

As far as the EMP making the weapon pointless, that is a very valid point, but right now, America may be the only ones with that technology. But if so, not for long.

What I think is good is the lack of moving parts. A machine without moving parts is inherently going to be more reliable and last longer. Also, the user recognition feature may make this weapon a more viable personal or home defense weapon, as it would prevent accidental discharge by children, and if it were taken away by an assailant, it couldn't be used against the defender (except to pistol-whip them, which I think is the best use for a handgun against a civilian). It also may put such argument by anti-gun advocates to rest!

One of the things I disliked the most when I was a grunt was carrying extra batteries for everything. That would probably be the one reason I wouldn't choose this weapon. For combat, it's the M1911 or HK USSOCOM .45 for me.

DeltaChaos

[Edited on 27-2-2004 by DeltaChaos]

Sorry man, had to do it. What did you mean, anyway?

DC

Ehh.... if you want a burst-fire pistol (machine pistol, basically) stick with teh Glock 18. Fires 9mm (boohisssss!) but does the whole three round burst too.

DE

"No, I don't want no three round burst! Howza 'bout tree fitty! Get outa here ya damn monsta!" -Chef's Dad

(Sorry about that, I work the graveyard now, and I'm just a little giddy. I might stop if anyone complains). PSYCHE!!!



[Edited on 27-2-2004 by DeltaChaos]

hahah Thanks for the encouragement i can say i guess

yea im wit them im stickin wit my OHWS SOCOM

You can shield electronics form EMP. It may not be cost-effective to do it today on such a small scale as an infantry weapon, but the technology may advance enough in the near future to allow it.