*****[Request] Chinese Concept: Railgun Battleship class*****

[Huan]

Hello,

I was wondering if there is any existing visual concept of a specialized battleship designed for using railguns or other types of heavy weapon systems for the 21st Century for China? Just curious.

So far, I found an attractive visual concept for Japan's SDF instead:

 

[TheTheoryOfMilitaryLogistics]

“Railgun Yamato”,LOL

 

[f444ran]

That would be super awesome though if it happened

 

[Penguin]

 

[Dash]

Chinese??

 

[Brainsucker]

Chinese??

It's Type 55

Hello,

Is it a Japanese cartoon material?

 

[Beast]

Railgun still can outrange missile.

 

[S10]

Rail gun technology has yet to mature, and they consume too much electricity for a ship to power multiple guns at the same time. I just don't see it happening anytime soon. In fact, I think rail gun is a dead end technology. Electro-chemical gun is where the future lies.

 

[Huan]

Rail gun technology has yet to mature, and they consume too much electricity for a ship to power multiple guns at the same time. I just don't see it happening anytime soon. In fact, I think rail gun is a dead end technology. Electro-chemical gun is where the future lies.

Then how about a nuclear-powered railgun battleship, bigger than the aircraft carrier to house enough reactors for the energy needs?

 

[S10]

Then how about a nuclear-powered railgun battleship, bigger than the aircraft carrier to house enough reactors for the energy needs?

For the price and tonnage, you can build a much more effective surface fleet. Battleships became a relic of the past for a reason, rail gun or not.

 

[TheTheoryOfMilitaryLogistics]

Is it a Japanese cartoon material?

Yamato BB is the symbol of Japanese imperialist glory.
The prototype of this visual concept is Yamato.

Yeah，youre right,it's just a cartoon material.

 

[yantong1980]

For now so called rail-gun perhaps nothing than PR and some nation 'wet dream'. The problem with rail-gun concept is 'too heavy or pricey' for recent technology that exist today. So in short, any question about rail-gun such as "how, if, etc" only can answered when technology that supported this concept matured. But for this related technology become mature, it need 'concept' for first step.

 

[Daniel808]

Hello,

I was wondering if there is any existing visual concept of a specialized battleship designed for using railguns or other types of heavy weapon systems for the 21st Century for China? Just curious.

So far, I found an attractive visual concept for Japan's SDF instead:

The Chinese one

Unlike The Japanese Cartoon material.
The Chinese one is for REAL and Under Building in Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai right now

For China's Navy in the Future

 

[AlyxMS]

That back swept structure is totally necessary.... To reduce drag when cruising at 160 knots?
I like Sci-Fi ish designs until they went totally overboard with form over function.

Which is common in Japanese Anime styled designs.

And these plates on the side...
Kinetic barrier from Mass Effect?

 

[Huan]

So, any new railgun navy ship concepts for 2020 and beyond?