Weatherman2020
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The problem with artillery is dealing with the gunpowder. It ways a lot, takes up a lot of space, it causes barrels to overheat, and most of all can go off accidently.
Navy plans to use railguns that will have a 23 pound warhead. You can store as many of them as you can on a ship and no concern of an accidental explosion or a hit from an enemy shell setting off your magazine (see USS Arizona).
General Atomics Announces Next-Generation Railgun Pulsed-Power Containers.
“For the past decade, GA-EMS has provided pulsed power in support of the Navy’s railgun program,” stated Nick Bucci, vice president Missile Defense and Space Systems at GA-EMS. “Our next generation HEPPC breaks our own energy density record and exceeds the capabilities of other available railgun pulsed power container solutions. What we have packed into a 10-foot standard shipping container is equivalent to what is currently available in a 20-foot shipping container, doubling the energy density to provide greater flexibility for ship and land-based installations and maneuverability for mobile applications.”
GA-EMS internally funded the development of the HEPPC in support of a Multi-mission Medium Range Railgun Weapons System, which integrates pulsed power, launcher, hybrid missile and fire-control technologies. Each HEPPC includes high-energy pulsed power modules with an energy content of more than 415 kilojoules per module. Each module utilizes GA-EMS’ world-record-breaking high-energy density capacitors.
And if you have not seen one in action, here it is. 125 mile range versus our current 20 mile range with gunpowder.
Navy plans to use railguns that will have a 23 pound warhead. You can store as many of them as you can on a ship and no concern of an accidental explosion or a hit from an enemy shell setting off your magazine (see USS Arizona).
General Atomics Announces Next-Generation Railgun Pulsed-Power Containers.
“For the past decade, GA-EMS has provided pulsed power in support of the Navy’s railgun program,” stated Nick Bucci, vice president Missile Defense and Space Systems at GA-EMS. “Our next generation HEPPC breaks our own energy density record and exceeds the capabilities of other available railgun pulsed power container solutions. What we have packed into a 10-foot standard shipping container is equivalent to what is currently available in a 20-foot shipping container, doubling the energy density to provide greater flexibility for ship and land-based installations and maneuverability for mobile applications.”
GA-EMS internally funded the development of the HEPPC in support of a Multi-mission Medium Range Railgun Weapons System, which integrates pulsed power, launcher, hybrid missile and fire-control technologies. Each HEPPC includes high-energy pulsed power modules with an energy content of more than 415 kilojoules per module. Each module utilizes GA-EMS’ world-record-breaking high-energy density capacitors.
And if you have not seen one in action, here it is. 125 mile range versus our current 20 mile range with gunpowder.