Millions of rounds a second.

Gio · 05-05-2006, 02:31 PM

Anyone watch Future weapons on the discovery channel.
This week they talked about metal storm. An automatic gunsystem that will supposedly take over mechanical guns one day. It fires millions of rounds a second without moving parts.

I've seen this before but now they have it in a 4 barreled pistol. 9mm and a million rounds a second. Its basically a tube with bullets and gunpowder right on top of each other. It fires them electronically. This thing is crazy.:uzi:

Trey45 · 05-05-2006, 02:56 PM

http://www.thatvideosite.com/view/2133.html

nice clip of what 180 rounds at 1,000,000 rounds per minute looks like.

ShooMac · 05-05-2006, 03:17 PM

Cool, but what is the point? It put 180 rounds in what looks like a 1'x1' area in a fraction of a second. How is that better than firing a single 20mm shell at the same target?

Mooseman684 · 05-05-2006, 08:36 PM

What a waste of good ammo !

jerry · 05-05-2006, 09:17 PM

Make a heck of a perimeter weapon

MosinDave · 05-05-2006, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by jerry

Make a heck of a perimeter weapon

I was kinda thinking the same thing ( the specific one shown in the video ), but I am having a hard time thinking of many practical uses for a gun such as this, seeing as you really wouldn't need that many rounds/sec to take down people. Now if they made a version that slung out 20-30mm depleted uranium slugs at a high velocity, it would make a !!!! of an anti-armor turret! I think they should call it "The Bullet Hose":uzi:

Shaun · 05-06-2006, 09:48 AM

why not just use a vulcan it will have the same effect and the brrrp of the cannon is very intimidating just ask a warthog target

Trey45 · 05-06-2006, 09:53 AM

God bless the warthog...

Gio · 05-06-2006, 11:59 AM

There are alot of versions of it now. They showed ones on turrets, the pistol, they had it shooting grenades and the speed can vary. Plus they intend on using it to blow up missles. It would be an effective way to tear them to shreds.

I don't think it can replace the gun though. They would have to tackle reloading first.

http://metalstorm.com/index.php?src=...Live%20Firings

SPOCAHP ANAR · 05-06-2006, 04:49 PM

I wonder how they would cool the barrell down.

jellydonut · 05-06-2006, 04:55 PM

Ah, yes. More useless govt spending, on something that would never make it on the open market. Maybe they should "develop" a way to lower the national debt. I agree with you, Mooseman!

jerry · 05-06-2006, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Trey45

God bless the warthog...

H U A !

Gio · 05-06-2006, 08:27 PM

Maybe the barrels are a special type of metal.

Apollyon67 · 05-06-2006, 08:36 PM

If I am not mistaken, they are also working on a weapon that fires rounds electromagnetically as well.

Gio · 05-07-2006, 12:45 PM

Last I saw the electromagnet was a cannon application for tanks.

05-05-2006, 02:31 PM	#1
Gio Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 804 Images: 8	Millions of rounds a second. Anyone watch Future weapons on the discovery channel. This week they talked about metal storm. An automatic gunsystem that will supposedly take over mechanical guns one day. It fires millions of rounds a second without moving parts. I've seen this before but now they have it in a 4 barreled pistol. 9mm and a million rounds a second. Its basically a tube with bullets and gunpowder right on top of each other. It fires them electronically. This thing is crazy.:uzi: __________________ Blow you up.

05-05-2006, 03:17 PM	#3
ShooMac Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 354	Cool, but what is the point? It put 180 rounds in what looks like a 1'x1' area in a fraction of a second. How is that better than firing a single 20mm shell at the same target? __________________ "Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun." - Ash

05-05-2006, 08:36 PM	#4
Mooseman684 Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Alaska Wilderness Posts: 9,702 Images: 2	What a waste of good ammo ! __________________ You know you might be facing your doom,when all you get is a click when you're expecting a BOOM!

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jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,903 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	Make a heck of a perimeter weapon __________________ I'm a down home back woods redneck

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Shaun Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 8,592 Images: 1	why not just use a vulcan it will have the same effect and the brrrp of the cannon is very intimidating just ask a warthog target __________________ "Homeland Security is the responsibility of an armed citizen" ME http://webpages.charter.net/s.s.v/

05-05-2006, 02:56 PM	#2
Trey45 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 244 Images: 3	http://www.thatvideosite.com/view/2133.html nice clip of what 180 rounds at 1,000,000 rounds per minute looks like.

05-06-2006, 09:53 AM	#8
Trey45 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 244 Images: 3	God bless the warthog...

05-06-2006, 11:59 AM	#9
Gio Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 804 Images: 8	There are alot of versions of it now. They showed ones on turrets, the pistol, they had it shooting grenades and the speed can vary. Plus they intend on using it to blow up missles. It would be an effective way to tear them to shreds. I don't think it can replace the gun though. They would have to tackle reloading first. http://metalstorm.com/index.php?src=...Live%20Firings __________________ Blow you up. Last edited by Gio; 05-06-2006 at 12:05 PM.

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SPOCAHP ANAR Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: SC-upstate Posts: 4,097 Images: 3 Blog Entries: 4	I wonder how they would cool the barrell down. __________________ Spocrest Out!..........

05-06-2006, 04:55 PM	#11
jellydonut Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 234	Ah, yes. More useless govt spending, on something that would never make it on the open market. Maybe they should "develop" a way to lower the national debt. I agree with you, Mooseman!

05-06-2006, 08:27 PM	#13
Gio Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 804 Images: 8	Maybe the barrels are a special type of metal. __________________ Blow you up.

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Apollyon67 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 2,235 Images: 17	If I am not mistaken, they are also working on a weapon that fires rounds electromagnetically as well. __________________ "To err is human, to repent divine; to persist devilish." Ben Franklin

05-07-2006, 12:45 PM	#15
Gio Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 804 Images: 8	Last I saw the electromagnet was a cannon application for tanks. __________________ Blow you up.