1st SSİK of 2015 | Predictions & Personal Expectations

[Nefer]

rail guns are dead end.. not realistic.. the only way I see it working is that you shoot one time and throw a part of it away and then you have to replace it (the rail) so it could be used against some really big armored things..

I see gauss gun (coil gun ) as an alternative wich could really be made..

or my favorite the centrifugal gun

 

[Timur]

Yeah i know.. Still it has the problem of the high Power that damages the rail so it is not good for multiple shots or fast fire.. The Best of this thing is that it could have the most damage

Gauss gun has not this problem even this technology could give a way to a new space program just look at youtube there are many hobby projects wich have the Power of a airgun or paintball gun.. And this are just homegrown projects

The centrifugal cannon is a thing that is possible and also very destructive

 

[Nefer]

Yeah i know.. Still it has the problem of the high Power that damages the rail so it is not good for multiple shots or fast fire.. The Best of this thing is that it could have the most damage

Gauss gun has not this problem even this technology could give a way to a new space program just look at youtube there are many hobby projects wich have the Power of a airgun or paintball gun.. And this are just homegrown projects

The centrifugal cannon is a thing that is possible and also very destructive

Prototypes, I am sure it will be fixed along the way. Its just another problem which needs to have a solution that's all.

 

[Timur]

Prototypes

off curse but it is a serious problem.. its like that you have to put the power of lightning into two rails that is a real big problem hope you understand it you cannot just say that this are prototypes it will be solved..

the weapons I posted are more possible

here is an article its old but it descipes the problems well

Lab Says Electromagnetism Could Launch Satellites - New York Times

The development of rail guns has been spurred in recent years by their potential as antimissile weapons and even as replacements for the conventional cannons used by tanks and warships. But most rail guns have a fatal disadvantage: firing them generally does so much damage to the launchers themselves that they must be repaired or replaced after one or two shots.

The damage is caused by sliding. A rail gun is based on two rails that conduct electricity, rigidly mounted inside a strong steel barrel. A typical rail-gun test projectile is a plastic cube or cylinder backed by a thin sheet of metal, which remains in contact with both rails as it is shot down the bore of the gun. A strong electric current is fed to the rails, and this vaporizes the metal sheet behind the projectile, forming plasma, an electrically charged, superhot gas. The electric arc through this plasma completes a circuit, producing the electromagnetic field needed to drive the projectile forward. As the rail-gun projectile (with its plasma arc) slides between the metal rails that carry the current, the rails are burned and ripped.

 

[Nefer]

off curse but it is a serious problem.. its like that you have to put the power of lightning into two rails that is a real big problem hope you understand it you cannot just say that this are prototypes it will be solved..

the weapons I posted are more possible

here is an article its old but it descipes the problems well

Lab Says Electromagnetism Could Launch Satellites - New York Times

A prototype as we all know is proof of concept, they have challenges with that, but that doesn't mean that there cannot be a solution figured out for it. In a few years time they will fix this overheating problem some way or the other.

Giving up because some rails needs to replaced every few shots isn't a healthy business model, They will put some more R&D on fixing this problem implement it, get new problem go back to R&D to figure out a solution till there is a good working practical prototype.