Navy accepts destroyer
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Rail gun?
How'd they fit the (click →) Schwerer Gustav on there?
Schwerer Gustav: ≈1,500 (short) tons, length ≈155', width ≈23', height ≈38', max. elevation 40°, max. range (high explosive) ≈29 miles, caliber ≈31.5".
Rail gun?
How'd they fit the (click →) Schwerer Gustav on there?
Schwerer Gustav: ≈1,500 (short) tons, length ≈155', width ≈23', height ≈38', max. elevation 40°, max. range (high explosive) ≈29 miles, caliber ≈31.5".
Very funny dare nash....hehe....i am talking aboot the cannon that yours truly made the prototype of......and i am old but not that old....lol.....the EMRG my man......type the word weapon after those letters as it might not show up.....there's films on YouTube as well
Oh, kinda like the baby brother of General Dynamics' Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS)? Gotcha.
Oh, kinda like the baby brother of General Dynamics' Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS)? Gotcha.
Yes only the EMALS is the baby.....hehe
Think metal storm railgun.....1,000,000 rounds per minute.....thats not a typo either
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/4657688/similar
I woulda thunk that almost any aircraft launching via EMALS would have been of significantly greater mass than the projectiles launched via EMRG, but "metal storm", at 1,000,000 rounds per minute? Holy sheet!
Never mind firing, that's that's gonna take a helluva wikkid loading mechanism.
I've personally witnessed the A-10 Thunderbolt (a.k.a. "Warthog" — my all-time favorite aircraft, particularly for close air support) make swiss cheese outa tanks with depleted Uranium ammo (cartridges each measuring 11.4 inches in length and weighing 1.53 pounds) at 3,900 rounds per minute with a muzzle velocity of 1,013 m/s, and a muzzle energy of just over 200 kilojoules. This after sneaking up from behind, low to the ground and dam near silent until firing over the heads of the viewers. I didn't see it coming, and dam near jumped outa my sox when it happened!
And I thought that was spectacular!
highhertel
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How are we shaping up against China? We will
Be head to head with them next year. They have stealth
Bombers with nuclear capabilities way beyond what our
Force can offer. Don’t want to be an alarmist, but war
Is good for the economy, right?!
Be head to head with them next year. They have stealth
Bombers with nuclear capabilities way beyond what our
Force can offer. Don’t want to be an alarmist, but war
Is good for the economy, right?!
highhertel
Member
BTW, the non vaccine vaccine that is being
Touted, please don’t take it. Military Mr. T bag? Now I’m gonna have to
Protest this! Screw the stay at home stuff, it’s all a diversion. Much
Bigger stuffies coming.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-vaccine-trump-military-distribute-when-ready/
Touted, please don’t take it. Military Mr. T bag? Now I’m gonna have to
Protest this! Screw the stay at home stuff, it’s all a diversion. Much
Bigger stuffies coming.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-vaccine-trump-military-distribute-when-ready/
Speaking of YootToobs, check this one
out:<br><br>
https://tinyurl.com/4zze2zvk <hr>"<strong>This is Why the U.S. Navy’s Railgun Is Nearly Dead in the Water</strong>"
Emrg
Speaking of YootToob, I just saw this one today, dated Dec 1, 2020:
With the current state of this forum I can neither embed the YootToob video here, nor post a link to it without generating a helluva mess, but you can search YootToob for it.<br>
<br><br>Actually it's all loaded at once...stacked rounds, multiples lined up in many multiple tubes all fired electrically...no moving parts...that's how such a high rate of fire<br>
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skiroule
Well-known member
I have a somewhat personal connection to the DDG1000. I had what I consider to be the rare opportunity to spend five years as the lead software integration and test engineer for the software that performs the mission scheduling, execution, and fire control (among other things) for the Advance Gun System on the ship. Needless to say, there is a certain feeling of pride to see the ship finally being accepted into service. <br><br>While it has tremendous capabilities to impact regional conflicts, another very real contribution that this ship will make to the Navy is the experience gained from building and operating a ship this technologically advanced. This should pay huge dividends for future combat ship programs.<br><br>By the way, the Zumwalt has a new commanding officer now but the original commanding officer was none other than Capt. James Kirk. I kid you not.<br><br>
Then it should have been named "Enterprise."
skiroule
Well-known member
<br><br>It’s important to understand that the railgun system was never a component of the original DDG1000 ship design, so any potential decision by the Navy to not pursue the retro-fitting of a railgun system has no impact on the ship’s ability to meet its original mission capability requirements.<br><br>The railgun may yet find a home. If it does not, it will join a long list of weapons/systems that achieved various stages of development and were never fielded. As far as the DDG1000 class ships are concerned, it’s far more likely that the Navy will pursue less expensive, but dramatically improved munitions that can utilize existing ship gun systems. <br><br>
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harski
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<br>I agree with this. Our greed will be our demise...
highhertel
Member
US Navy is down 150 ships from historical average. Government
Too busy printing money to support stock market and stimulus packages.
Beautiful weather coming, I for one will be out enjoying it.
Who knows what tomorrow holds. God bless.