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Railgun on the way
End denote patience.
So. Fans kveykovogo Railgun, and just enthusiasts.
Work sample electromagnetic naval gun arrived at the research laboratory of the US Navy in Dahlgren (Virginia). In the coming weeks to begin its test firing.
The first industrial prototype railgun built by the famous martial armory corporation BAE Systems. Not for adopting, but at the moment is the closest to a future production model, "elektropushke».
The latter should have a firing range of 90-185 kilometers in the initial version, and in the future, after the improvements and changes - up to 400 km.
Such characteristics railgun provides a high muzzle velocity - 2-2, 5 km / s. And this is the real value is already achieved on previous tests of the inverse image of a stationary.
Recall, the US Navy has for several years promoted a program to create an electromagnetic rail gun (Electromagnetic Railgun - EMRG), suitable for installation on the ship.
Scientists in different countries spent a lot of experiments with the railgun. But they accelerate to high speeds only relatively light shells (tens of grams). It still can not be called a weapon, and experiments are carried out for research purposes.
But four years ago, the US Naval Research Laboratory in Dahlgren built and tested the most powerful system in the world of this type. The goal was just the adaptation of a long-known principle of throwing projectiles for use on the battlefield.
By the way, the weight of the projectile gun lab is a few kilograms. This is serious. At speed collision with a view, estimated at 1, 6-1, 7 km / s, in such projectiles and explosives do not need.
In the picture: For rail gun should look like on the deck of the ship (illustration BAE Systems).
In December 2010, a huge electromagnetic weapon set a world record in energy for the railgun shot - 33 megajoules. (One megajoule is comparable to the kinetic energy of the 1-ton car, hurtling at speeds of 160 km / h.)
In the photo: laboratory tests EMRG gun in 2008-2010 confirmed the reality of the concept of the electromagnetic gun ship. Now scientists and engineers to be completely sanded idea and bring it to the serial product (frames US Navy / Office of Naval Research).
Today, the program entered a new phase - testing prototypes of combat units. In their projects, contractors took into account all the data received from its own testing laboratory gun EMRG Navy.
Office of Naval Research reported that the demonstrator created by BAE Systems, uses advanced composite materials and must show great vitality trunk than its predecessor laboratory. New gun, by the way, is designed to power a shot at 32 megajoules.
Soon, the military has to do the fighting and the second prototype railgun, built by General Atomics.
Photo: Case-gun railgun from General Atomics will be tested in parallel with the instrument by BAE (photo from wired.com).
Meanwhile, as the transfers PhysOrg.com, the entire program is preparing for the next round.
Engineers from industrial companies given the task to develop a system of automatic feeding ammunition for such weapons, cooling system (for "Railgun" - a very urgent problem), and more - powerful and energy-intensive pulse power systems.
Thanks to these features come EMRG model should not only provide a high muzzle velocity, but also meet the requirement of the military on rate of fire, that is to do for 6-10 rounds per minute without overheating.
In the implementation of this plan item Navy assigns partners to five more years. In order to finance a new phase of the work has already allocated $ 10 million, concluded the relevant contracts. In addition to General Atomics and BAE Systems joined the project company Raytheon.
Photo: Electromagnetic gun in combination with shells, destroying aim only at the expense of kinetic energy means greater operational safety guns and ammunition storage. Along with long-range destruction is one of the causes of the project EMRG (illustration BAE Systems).
The first industrial-railgun gun was delivered to the test site 30 January 2012 (photo from onr.navy.mil).
Actually all.
As can be seen, to wearable Railgun it is still far, but the technology came out of the lab.
Py.Sy. For people who do not like guns, I might add. In peaceful purposes such technology can be used to display the small space, and in the future and not very small satellites without any carrier rockets. Just firing them. How to Tell Jules Verne's "From guns to the Moon».
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So. Fans kveykovogo Railgun, and just enthusiasts.
Work sample electromagnetic naval gun arrived at the research laboratory of the US Navy in Dahlgren (Virginia). In the coming weeks to begin its test firing.
The first industrial prototype railgun built by the famous martial armory corporation BAE Systems. Not for adopting, but at the moment is the closest to a future production model, "elektropushke».
The latter should have a firing range of 90-185 kilometers in the initial version, and in the future, after the improvements and changes - up to 400 km.
Such characteristics railgun provides a high muzzle velocity - 2-2, 5 km / s. And this is the real value is already achieved on previous tests of the inverse image of a stationary.
Recall, the US Navy has for several years promoted a program to create an electromagnetic rail gun (Electromagnetic Railgun - EMRG), suitable for installation on the ship.
Scientists in different countries spent a lot of experiments with the railgun. But they accelerate to high speeds only relatively light shells (tens of grams). It still can not be called a weapon, and experiments are carried out for research purposes.
But four years ago, the US Naval Research Laboratory in Dahlgren built and tested the most powerful system in the world of this type. The goal was just the adaptation of a long-known principle of throwing projectiles for use on the battlefield.
By the way, the weight of the projectile gun lab is a few kilograms. This is serious. At speed collision with a view, estimated at 1, 6-1, 7 km / s, in such projectiles and explosives do not need.
In the picture: For rail gun should look like on the deck of the ship (illustration BAE Systems).
In December 2010, a huge electromagnetic weapon set a world record in energy for the railgun shot - 33 megajoules. (One megajoule is comparable to the kinetic energy of the 1-ton car, hurtling at speeds of 160 km / h.)
In the photo: laboratory tests EMRG gun in 2008-2010 confirmed the reality of the concept of the electromagnetic gun ship. Now scientists and engineers to be completely sanded idea and bring it to the serial product (frames US Navy / Office of Naval Research).
Today, the program entered a new phase - testing prototypes of combat units. In their projects, contractors took into account all the data received from its own testing laboratory gun EMRG Navy.
Office of Naval Research reported that the demonstrator created by BAE Systems, uses advanced composite materials and must show great vitality trunk than its predecessor laboratory. New gun, by the way, is designed to power a shot at 32 megajoules.
Soon, the military has to do the fighting and the second prototype railgun, built by General Atomics.
Photo: Case-gun railgun from General Atomics will be tested in parallel with the instrument by BAE (photo from wired.com).
Meanwhile, as the transfers PhysOrg.com, the entire program is preparing for the next round.
Engineers from industrial companies given the task to develop a system of automatic feeding ammunition for such weapons, cooling system (for "Railgun" - a very urgent problem), and more - powerful and energy-intensive pulse power systems.
Thanks to these features come EMRG model should not only provide a high muzzle velocity, but also meet the requirement of the military on rate of fire, that is to do for 6-10 rounds per minute without overheating.
In the implementation of this plan item Navy assigns partners to five more years. In order to finance a new phase of the work has already allocated $ 10 million, concluded the relevant contracts. In addition to General Atomics and BAE Systems joined the project company Raytheon.
Photo: Electromagnetic gun in combination with shells, destroying aim only at the expense of kinetic energy means greater operational safety guns and ammunition storage. Along with long-range destruction is one of the causes of the project EMRG (illustration BAE Systems).
The first industrial-railgun gun was delivered to the test site 30 January 2012 (photo from onr.navy.mil).
Actually all.
As can be seen, to wearable Railgun it is still far, but the technology came out of the lab.
Py.Sy. For people who do not like guns, I might add. In peaceful purposes such technology can be used to display the small space, and in the future and not very small satellites without any carrier rockets. Just firing them. How to Tell Jules Verne's "From guns to the Moon».
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