Military Video Captures Destructive Power of Navy’s Newest Railgun

Originally posted by TDawgRex
reply to post by Aloysius the Gaul

 

Why do I feel I've been here before? Oh yea...from four years ago.

www.youtube.com...

Nope - different gun - fixed mount, different projectile - certainly a step along the path, but a lot further away from being a practical deployable weapon....but about..oh.......a few years!! :lol

Originally posted by Wertdagf

And about the shape of the projectile, Without being able to SPIN the bullet... your gonna have to change the design. Im sure they dont want to give away their ingenious railgun bullet designs

The reason for the design is precisely because it is not aerodynamic - the lack of balance and crap streamlining means it isn't going to go for miles.