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I think the military are already using coilguns but for mortars. With small munitions a very small fraction of the nergy deliverable by the batteries/capacitors
by darkmighty 12y ago
I think the military are already using coilguns but for mortars. With small munitions a very small fraction of the nergy deliverable by the batteries/capacitors is imprinted on the actual projectile -- a lot gets lost on the coils -- and there's not enough time to use a significant amount of energy. With mortars you can use bigger projectiles which have better magnetic properties and a lot more mass (more time to gain kinetic energy).
- desdiv 12y agoI think the military are already using coilguns but for mortars. It's still in early R&D stage unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your perspective): http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA481646 http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA481646 http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA610358 http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA610358