155mm projectile coilgun
jechenaudrey, Mon Dec 12 2011, 04:04AMDear Sir, how long and how much power will a coilgun need to lob say a 155mm artillery shell to say a range of a standard ICBM going from Russia to USA? I was wondering
if such a weapon like this can be put on a self propelled vehicle like the German
and be automatic loading like thecancelled US crusader arty:
I understand the barrel will have to be very long and the power needed to be large. Possiblecoupling it with a ram accelerator or rocket assisted projectile to shorten the barrel and power. I know the potential of this type of weapon able a small country to defeat a larger oponnent.
Re: 155mm projectile coilgun
m4ge123, Thu Dec 15 2011, 01:03AM
I made a quick calculation that says that a cap bank powerful enough for that would cost over a billion dollars.
m4ge123, Thu Dec 15 2011, 01:03AM
I made a quick calculation that says that a cap bank powerful enough for that would cost over a billion dollars.
Re: 155mm projectile coilgun
Inducktion, Thu Dec 15 2011, 03:06AM
It just wouldn't be practicable... It would be so much easier to just use regular gunpowder acceleration to make such a device, or maybe some sort of laser.
Inducktion, Thu Dec 15 2011, 03:06AM
It just wouldn't be practicable... It would be so much easier to just use regular gunpowder acceleration to make such a device, or maybe some sort of laser.
Re: 155mm projectile coilgun
Saz43, Thu Dec 15 2011, 06:06AM
A coilgun that big wouldn't make a useful weapon. Saddam Hussein was constructing a gunpowder cannon of similar scale capable of launching projectiles into space- but as history has proven again and again, super-weapons just aren't effective.
BUT, a coilgun of that size would be exciting! Why? Because it could launch payloads into orbit without spitting 97% of its mass out the back- a so-called space gun.
Saz43, Thu Dec 15 2011, 06:06AM
A coilgun that big wouldn't make a useful weapon. Saddam Hussein was constructing a gunpowder cannon of similar scale capable of launching projectiles into space- but as history has proven again and again, super-weapons just aren't effective.
BUT, a coilgun of that size would be exciting! Why? Because it could launch payloads into orbit without spitting 97% of its mass out the back- a so-called space gun.
Re: 155mm projectile coilgun
jechenaudrey, Thu Dec 22 2011, 09:49PM
first stage light gas gun(or railgun) than into the ram accelerator portion. the two stages will be connected to gas propellant tanks for fast refill after each shot(the projectile would also be rocket and scramjet assisted once leaving the barrel). If designed well enough 10 per minute each howitzer and a battery of six of these units could provide the firepower of an entire ICBM wing in a constent stream. I know being Canadian we earned independence using this method on vimy ridge in ww1. Could also apply this reloading procedure to ICBMs(one shot weapon) and Katyusha type rockets.
jechenaudrey, Thu Dec 22 2011, 09:49PM
first stage light gas gun(or railgun) than into the ram accelerator portion. the two stages will be connected to gas propellant tanks for fast refill after each shot(the projectile would also be rocket and scramjet assisted once leaving the barrel). If designed well enough 10 per minute each howitzer and a battery of six of these units could provide the firepower of an entire ICBM wing in a constent stream. I know being Canadian we earned independence using this method on vimy ridge in ww1. Could also apply this reloading procedure to ICBMs(one shot weapon) and Katyusha type rockets.
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