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| jlosada |
| Who is the inventor and which is the fastest firing ballistic weapon? |
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| jlosada |
| You know: is the announciation of your forum. |
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| Fraggle |
hmmm jlosada, i know the gun swamper is referring to...but i can't find any links for it atm :p:p:p
anyway, it some sorta electrical, multiple barrel gun that hasn't got moving parts (hence the electrical bit)...so it shoots lots of bullets very fast!
not sure why it's ballistic, i had the idea this meant the projectile travels in an arc (of course they all do, but in terms that it is not aimed directly at the target), but i'm not sure
well, if i do manage to find an article i'll post the link :):):)
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| Peter Campbell |
| quote: | Originally posted by jlosada
Who is the inventor and which is the fastest firing ballistic weapon? |
Mike O'Dwyer is the inventor, its a machine gun that can fire bullets at a rate of 1 million rounds per minute.:eyes:
read about it here
click here |
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by jlosada
Who is the inventor and which is the fastest firing ballistic weapon? |
Inventor: Mike O'Dwyer
Came up with idea in the 60's, but only patented it in '93, when he quit his job at Woolworths to pursue his dream full-time. He started a company called Metal Storm (which floated in 1999), with significant R&D funding from the Pentagon and the Australian Defence Department. He now owns 47% of the company and is worth about $234million (Aus) - not bad considering all products are still at prototype stage.
O'Dwyer's gun has no moving parts, the bullets are stakced in the barrel with explosive charges in between. It uses electronic impulses to sequence bullet firing with such precision that 180 rounds can be fired in 1/100th of a second (thats 1080000rpm!). In terms of its potential effect on warfare the gun has been compared by some commentators to the development of the machine gun in 1862.
Products under development include the O'Dwyer VLe handgun, an advanced sniper rifle, hybrid weapons incorporating both mechanical firing and Metal Storm technology, an "area denial" system to replace anti-personnel mines. Other applications for the technology are foreseen in agriculture, firefighting, and fireworks.
for more info visit: http://www.metalstorm.com |
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| randummboy |
| wow.. sounds like one wicked peice of equipment.. |
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| DjTS-NeXiLe |
| I wondered about that.. hehe thx for the info :) |
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| jlosada |
Incredible!!!
Thank you for update me. |
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| Fraggle |
hmm, cool!!!
i couldn't find the info :p:p:p
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| Kia Kaha |
Am I missing something here, or could someone explain why you're all so interested in big bad -off million-round-a-minute machine guns all of a sudden?
Are the Aussie TA's all gonna single handedly go and sort out East Timor or invade New Zealand or something? |
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| ascension |
| quote: | Originally posted by Kia Kaha
Are the Aussie TA's all gonna single handedly go and sort out East Timor or invade New Zealand or something? |
:D :D :D :D
hahah invade NZ...
:D :D :D :D
hahahahaha thats a goood one...
:D :D :D :D
no seriously.. :rolleyes: |
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| Xavier |
the ballistic weapon = boomerang
.....idiots |
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