US Navy To Test Supergun

[Hobbes]

Make your own

 

[Shadowrider]

Last I read, they have been held back by the size of the battery banks needed to create enough energy. Until they could shrink the battery bank size down it was just too big to actually put on a ship. You can imagine how much room all those batteries take if they were much too big for American naval vessels.

I'm guessing they got the battery issue handled if they are finally mounting one shipboard. They are crazy amazing weapons that fire a non explosive projectile that travels so fast and hits so hard it causes damage that, until now, has been only capable with huge explosive bombs and warheads.

Just think... Scaled down nuclear reactor.

 

[vvvvvvv]

The 16" "naval rifles" on the Iowa-class battleships were MOA rifles at 20+ miles. I'd imagine that these would do better with modern targeting and fire control systems; IIRC, the Abrams is a heck of a shot on the move...

+/- 1/3 mile at 20 miles ain't bad.

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[vvvvvvv]

Hmm--would you even need a 4473? Is this even a firearm?

Who wants to write the letter to the ATF?

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[Hobbes]

This is the ship the new gun is to be field tested on, the USS Milliknocket

 

[Hobbes]

HSV-1 Class High-speed Catamaran:
Laid down, date unknown, by Austal USA in Mobile, AL.
Christened, 20 April 2013
Launch (roll out), 4 June 2013 Specifications:
Displacement 1,670 t.(lt)
Length 337' 11"
Beam 93' 6"
Draft 12' 7"
Speed 43 kts
Complement 22 Civilian Mariners, capable of 42
Troop Capacity
104 embarked force berths
312 embarked seating capacity
Cargo Capacity 600 short tons in 20,000 sq. ft.
Aircraft Capacity two helicopters (one medium folded in helo parking area and one on deck)
Propulsion
four MTU 20V8000 M71L Diesel engines
four ZF 60000NR2H reduction gears
four Wartsila WLD 1400 SR waterjets

 

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[Riley]

+/- 1/3 mile at 20 miles ain't bad.

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Lets see, 1/3 of a NM would be about 650 yards, pretty sure we'd get a spot for that level of error....


BB-62 Crew member 85-88

 

[AKguy1985]

Just think... Scaled down nuclear reactor.

That would be my idea.