Turkish Railgun 'TUFAN' development advancing with Laboratory Launcher

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1002517549802803206

Small scale Laboratory Launcher developing required materials for long lasting rail gun, will be scaled up as development progresses.

 

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There are more developments regarding railguns in Turkey;

Şahi209 developed by HİZAL

SAPAN developed by TUBITAK SAGE

 

[Kompromat]

Promising

 

[UserUnknown2025]

Do we know the output of these railguns?

 

[T-Rex]

What is the advantage of these rail guns over conventional cannons or guns? Is it more economical or more destructive?

 

[BaybarsHan]

What is the advantage of these rail guns over conventional cannons or guns? Is it more economical or more destructive?

much cheaper

 

[T-Rex]

much cheaper

Cheaper to produce or cheaper to operate?

 

[BaybarsHan]

Tomahawk missile 650.000$
Railgun projectile 25.000$

 

[KapitaanAli]

Tomahawk missile 650.000$
Railgun projectile 25.000$

Lol.

 

[cabatli_53]

New tests with the TUFAN prototype in Karapınar in Turkey’s Central Anatolian province of Konya did 50 percent better, racking up an ultrasonic speed topping nine times the speed of sound.

The record was broken by hitting a 3,000-meter-per-second barrel exit speed — about three times faster than bullets fired by conventional gunpowder weapons.

Rail guns use magnetic fields and electrical current to shoot projectiles at extremely high speeds.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-defense-firms-gun-breaks-ultrasonic-records-135285