Electromagnetic Railgun Firing Hypervelocity Projectile @ Mach 7

[@matthijsgerretse3217]

the fact that cameras exist that can film the projectile so clearly is already an amazing bit of engineering, let alone the gun firing it

[@TheHuesSciTech]

The cool thing is that the camera is stationary; you're actually looking at an image reflected in a mirror in most of these shots. It's only the mirror that's moving rapidly to track the target (which is still incredible engineering of course, it's just a clever solution to avoid having camera hardware that can take those G's)

[@DarthVader1977]

Hollywood.

[@jb3757]

The camera Tech is higher than the Railgun, but since it's not obvious, big, or destructive, people normally don't appreciate things like that.

[@ChrisXPZ]

And we still can't get more than 5 pixels of bigfoot xD

[@kwasibengt]

its because he lives in out of focus areas. futurama already made that clear. or?@@ChrisXPZ

[@05DonnieB]

military rule of thumb is that if whatever they are showing then just know they have one 3 generations better. Also Misaka would be proud of this.

[@sherrattpemberton6089]

+donnieb and double the speed they release as well (for aircraft anyway)

[@sherrattpemberton6089]

+donnieb and double the speed they release as well (for aircraft anyway)

[@nogisonoko5409]

She is the mobile railgun and will not exhausted,beside she can defect enemy railgun too

[@hodisfut]

I really doubt China has any Railgun technology at all

[@quantum_chezburger2279]

@Dana William probably not decades, but yeah, we need to do some work on it.

[@pennycarvalho1223]

fun fact: those explosions that appeared right after the shell penetrates the armor plate, arent actually explosions caused by an actual proper chemical reaction (aka explosive) but by the sheer force and friction caused by the speed of the bullet, literally making the armor and the air heat up to the point of looking like a actual explosion.

[@epicuser1]

Isn't it also due to the metal shaving off and reacting to the oxygen in the atmosphere? So there is some chemical reaction although I'm not quite sure

[@Hyperion.789]

Its just so powerful that it ignites the fucking air 💀💀💀

[@danieldevito6380]

The projectile is actually turning the metal plates into plasma.

[@tomwinkle1597]

It's funny as hell that people believe ISS travels at half that speed.. No aerodynamics, no friction , and a little bitty fuel tank. Hilarious mach 3.5 and we are brain dead.

[@Hyperion.789]

@@tomwinkle1597 it travels 7.66 km/s or mach 22

[@bobbycratchet3958]

Factoid of the day: This whole time you have been looking at a mirror. The speed that the camera would need to pan to follow the projectile would break it so they use mirrors instead while the camera sits motionless.

[@alexanderkilburg7415]

That must be a tough mirror, if it can be turned that fast.

[@bobbycratchet3958]

@@alexanderkilburg7415 Seems counterintuitive. The camera would break so SURELY a mirror would as well. I can't find my source so I Googled another one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGiVi4qDachsatU

[@alexanderkilburg7415]

@@bobbycratchet3958 I was thinking it could be a highly flexible special mirror, like a type of metal or lightweight plastic.

[@QueenDaenerysTargaryen]

Are you sure?

[@bobbycratchet3958]

@@alexanderkilburg7415 Can't be flexible because it would warp the images being displayed.

[@marshmellow377]

0:39 those bow waves are simply stunning - You can see the casing slow down below the speed of sound as the bow wave moves forward

[@hmr200subs]

Oh, it's definitely still above the speed of sound.

[@pandakso3365]

Sonic booms?

[@marshmellow377]

@@hmr200subs but as it slows down, the bow wave moves forward, when it’s in front of the projectile it’s below the speed of sound.

[@hmr200subs]

@@marshmellow377 The casings are still definitely going supersonic. If it was not going Mach 1, there would be distance between the casing and bow wave. However, it's visible in the video that they are still "attached" to the casing piece.

[@kitsune-chan6897]

Railguns has a bad habit of vaporizing their own rounds if the round is not propperly made. This does not make them less badass tho.

[@TheJosiahTurner]

Kitsune-chan tungsten’s melting point is so high that it wouldn’t be vaporized

[@theAverageJoe25]

Kitsune-chan why do you think they use tungsten rounds

[@TheTrueAdept]

No, it is the APATURE (essentially the sabot) that needs to be properly made, not the round itself. You can have the best round in the world but if the apature isn't up to the task, then you'll get projectile and/or rail melting.

[@pixelbucket8884]

@Dennis Slungard Tungsten is also ridiculously expensive and difficult to work.

[@GoatyHerps]

That can be said about literally anything.

[@camillecirrus3977]

Gun: creates a blast of fire from the gunpowder used to propel the projectile Railgun: *creates a blast of fire by shredding its very own barrel as it fires*

[@tentaplayz3691]

Damn

[@jaybee3165]

but- that barrel is a tungsten carbide alloy (the other metals in the mix are classified.. for a reason) - the sabot that gets consumed pushing the projectile is aluminum. this weapon has been in development for way over 20 years- and even then they were getting 300 rounds before the wear to the cannon meant a barrel replacement. what you're seeing here? they've since made VAST improvements. most likely- there's a zimwalt with one on board- we're just meant to BELIEVE these were de-commissioned. much like the blackbird program- we THOUGHT the F-4 phantom was the hottest thing in the sky- meanwhile an SR-71 was zipping across the sky & NO ONE knew it even existed. plus- they openly admit that the army has continued development of this. to appreciate how tough tungsten is- watch a welder using a tig- or watch an edm cnc machine carve a compound curve on a turbine blade for the hot section of a jet engine. and that's just tungsten- not the advanced alloys used in this cannon.

[@FractalNinja]

Lorentz force go brrrt

[@ba780YT]

@@jaybee3165I hope you’re right

[@NerdGlasses256]

Oh so that's what the fire is. I tought It had gunpowder too for some reason, it didn'T look like burning metal at all.

[@LaserGadgets]

The fans up there were so shocked they turned themself on, tried to flee... And I love that freakin sound!

[@The-Zer0th-Law]

Yes, it was a real shocker

[@K1LL3rAzn]

Matthew Meditz relax

[@QueenDaenerysTargaryen]

Very good👍

[@Korruptec]

The alarm for firing is what sounded the coolest to me.

[@williamckinley]

@Matthew Meditz go away

[@qmechkeys]

*casually speeds along at 3km/s*

[@antares-the-one]

then imagine, that space station rotates at the speed of 7km/s and asteroids were at the speed of 20-70km/s with 1km radius...

[@johncheng9665]

@@antares-the-one all those you mentioned are without air resistance. You shoot this in space it can probably reach higher speeds.

[@ylmazgungor7529]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6G1q6qfrLaSf68&start_radio=1

[@ryanlucas7280]

@@johncheng9665 wouldn’t it just be infinite speed as Its always speeding up considering there’s no direct term for “terminal velocity” in space due to no air?

[@ryanlucas7280]

@Anupam Datta Sarkar you’re an idiot gravity slows things down air resistance slows things down without those two things it’s infinite speed I looked into it and I was right

[@patricklocke5996]

I think one of the main problems faced by the engineers was finding something strong enough to shoot at, without killing people a few miles away :P

[@PechelLehleh]

The main problem is heat management, the freakin' fast projectile "burn-up" all the air around it into plasma and break the barrel in just 3 shots. Only practical for space warfare, at least until we find a material strong enough to disperse the heat.

[@googlepissoff5776]

Yosef, they just make the barrels easy to replace and extremely cheap

[@Howitz759]

Yosef why would it be any more practical in space where heat literally can't be dispersed in ways other than radiative.

[@adamjohansson478]

No air to ignite in space

[@testname4464]

Google Pissoff weaponry like this can only be practical if they can be fired thousands of times without failure, if parts have to be replaced after a few shots, then they're not viable.

[@SuperDaveTX1]

The company I worked for back in the late 80s built one of the first railguns in the US with the Univ. of Texas, in Austin, TX for a DARPA project, I believe. Something similar to a boring tunnel bit was used to dig straight down. Photos of the sabot & projectile were done with X-ray cameras. I saw pics of tests, but didn't work on the project. It was pretty cool. Glad things have progressed.

[@death_parade]

What was its capacitor bank capacity? I want to know just how far behind the pioneers we in India are.

[@SOREMX]

2.4 km per second insane

[@victormaniaci2104]

7 times the speed of sound!

[@osvaldoreyes34]

Compared to a rocket that could probably outrun it?

[@iagree4686]

@@osvaldoreyes34 you do know this outruns jets and rockets too right?its mach 7

[@osvaldoreyes34]

@@iagree4686 ICBM mach 15 plus

[@billyoung8118]

+Osvaldo Reyes, site your source, please. I found 6-7 km/sec (here: www.thesun.co.uk/news/4343874/icbm-range-us-north-korea-russia-nuclear-weapons/)

[@Reitenshii]

I'd be pretty scared if a futuristic cannon can make the shrapnel *of the shrapnel* of its target produce sparks.

[@IndoLiberation]

Watashi wa neko janaidesu. no need to be futuristic , nowadays sabot shell can penetrate through steel and simply spread the molten steel over the enemy tank crew body

[@D.KlWA-aG]

@@IndoLiberation I thought you unironically said "Watashi wa neko janaidesu" before typing the rest of your comment.

[@IndoLiberation]

@@D.KlWA-aG those are the username i replied to , looks like he already change name again

[@D.KlWA-aG]

@@IndoLiberation yeah I know but to confirm. Is the statement true?

[@mr.dieharderrz]

@@D.KlWA-aG I think you should go find some data on the internet about it.

[@wtomalik]

The thing that most blows my mind is the perfect symmetry with which the shrapnel of the shell of the projectile separates away... Looks like a Kaleidoscope image..

[@joepiet]

Some years back I worked on the prototype for this at a nearby armory. At that time the velocity was that of a Howitzer

[@franky01ize]

Stfu

[@Sparkz1607]

These things would be the ultimate anti-aircraft weapons because they are effectively instant-hit that is, IF we can get them small enough to put on a rotating mounted turret

[@acorgiwithacrown467]

so it's a great thing of the bullet goes straight through the aircraft without exploding....

[@oliverditlevsen7918]

+corgidog quirke hit the engine. I don't think it will get far

[@acorgiwithacrown467]

+Oliver Ditlevsen planes can glide.....

[@oliverditlevsen7918]

+corgidog quirke but they will eventually hit the ground.

[@bobmcgee1202]

+Garuu Spike directed energy weapon are much more effective.

[@SOOH27]

Misaka Mikoto, that you?

[@578morgan7]

yes its me how do you know..........

[@jokeymccrackin7192]

I don’t care if it’s American RHA or Romanian RHA - hardened steel is hardened steel. And if that projectile can penetrate 5 or 6 plates from a distance, and still maintain a mostly flat trajectory, now that’s damn impressive.

[@DarthVader1977]

The WWE is impressive.

[@Dr1an_153]

0:33 German weapon confirmed 😂

[@georggross1232]

Mega Swag 959 Swastikas not welcome! And it's spinning the wrong way.

[@testname4464]

Actually, patents for railguns have existed since the late 19th century, and working ones have been made since around the 1910s, they only traveled at 60m/s, but they were still railguns.

[@Mr.Mosquito89]

SECRET NAZI RAILGUN CONFIRM that's a hilarious sabot split

[@iagree4686]

@@testname4464 wooosh

[@LordVader1094]

@@testname4464 How can you miss a joke that's so obvious?

[@jayc2469]

Love that shock-front coming from the dispenser after 0:38, following the Sabot

[@PatilAdi]

Even the Sabot is supersonic

[@lolmanboss]

Yeah mach 7, the friction is insane. Imagine Shooting one of those rounds into a Tank.

[@societl]

straight through the tank

[@floseatyard8063]

It would just cut through the tank like a sledghammer smashing through an egg at full force

[@tranquoccuong890-its-orge]

i mean, contemporary APFSDS rounds are already at mach 4 or so

[@death_parade]

Conventional Sabot rounds in tanks today are fired at Mach 4.5. There is a reason they can penetrate active protection systems.

[@ChristopherB.]

What tank?

[@imjustsaiyan58]

The cameras look like this was recorded in '94 so I'll just assume they have a mk18 of this by now

[@nova1726]

No, this video was recorded in 2015

[@Hiperruimteindustriee]

Old cams are cheaper, more disposable, and crucially: lower resolution. A great aid to partial secrecy.

[@lucariolps277]

@@Hiperruimteindustriee Yeah.. No it's a slow mo camera.. Those always have lower resolution.

[@BreadApologist]

Do all railguns make the inception sound effect? either way its freakin bitchin

[@DrIBeast]

Liono liony Yeah, Hypersonic Flight causes heavily effects the air around it.

[@VOID-yj2vs]

A MAGNIFICENT RAIL CANNON VERY NICE CANT SAY THAT ENOUGH

[@MTweedC4]

its a very nice rail cannon 👌

[@Goldn177]

Shoutout to the camera man for being able to track a projectile going mach 7

[@cobradragon-wt4tp]

I like that they got multiple high speed cameras on it from all angles

[@TheMNrailfan227]

The sound it makes when going through those plates sounds like a musical note

[@zach5539]

It's cause the hits are close enough to produce a tone with heigh enough Hz to be within audible range

[@omegalord]

This is me when the mailman arrives with my package.

[@sr-7124]

you shoot him dead?!??!! where’d you get the railgun? I need one. sarcasm

[@hristohristov6118]

you can actually see the sonic wave , nice

[@FortyNeiner]

Can’t believe the cameraman kept the projectile in frame. Impressive

[@aaplies8879]

People say it’s a mirror spinning and that a computer times the firing, but we all know that the cameraman is just too powerful to explain.

[@paulmahoney7619]

This bad boy is going to vindicate the Zumwalt Class I bet, alongside the Free Electron Laser

[@redemption8608]

And remember, the explosion coming out of the barrel isn’t the result of gunpowder, but rather the sheer kinetic energy that the projectile transfers onto the air itself.

[@elemental7895]

At the 0:01 marking watch the top of your screen and watch the box fans move that’s how hard this thing hits

[@silasmcnichols7337]

With our electromagnetic railguns we fire the whole bullet, that's 66% more bullet per bullet!

[@silasmcnichols7337]

Edit 65%

[@huntsmanspider9053]

Maybe they should try shooting with coin

[@khoipham8303]

Fellow cultured individual I see.

[@liquidthefox]

what about by a shotguns core

[@roxasdeviluke317]

Truly worthy of being the strongest level 5

[@muhammadnurichsan5415]

Not strong as Accelerator

[@generalmaul4615]

If they managed to improve on this thing so tanks could carry it, that'd be pretty awesome. Though it'll probably suck as well because then we'll stop seeing tanks like the challenger being made... you can only have so much armour. It'd be interesting seeing how armored warfare adapts and changes to something like this.

[@sisteresa]

There’s a tank in Tank Stars that has a railgun

[@floseatyard8063]

Armour wouldn't do shit anymore as it would just be penetrated by railguns. Armour would probably focus on making the shots clean and not a literal shrapnel generator, instead of brute force to stop the round that is almost impossible to stop

[@death_parade]

@@floseatyard8063 Exactly. A good example of how future warfare would adapt to railguns is seen in The Expanse, particularly in the design philosophy of the Donnager class battleships, such as them being evacuated during combat to prevent generation of uncontrollable thrust vectors when pierced by railgun fire mid-combat. Or how the crews are trained and equipped to perform damage control.

[@floseatyard8063]

@@death_parade I actually based that comment off of how it works in the expanse lmao

[@shockwave6213]

If you're wondering why the steel sheets are spread out instead of 1 thick piece of steel to get armor testing, its because the spacing is supposed to represents the layers of a modern ship.

[@victormaniaci2104]

The big bang was the result of a rail gun firing a Nokia phone at Chuck Norris.

[@Cd5ssmffan]

Its a brick

[@blendercheetos1828]

Facts

[@blendercheetos1828]

To both victor and cd5ss

[@samlovesnorwalk]

Jesus Christ old timer, those are some first gen meme references 😂

[@marcoschweickerdt7709]

LOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mikehawk4517]

I think it's cool how they manage to get the same paning speed of the camera as the projectile.

[@poppabloodvessel7072]

They fired a gopro from a rail gun mounted parallel at the same time lol

[@b.c.s.o4169]

they use mirrors of some sort, the camera would just break apart

[@death_parade]

They turn a mirror instead of turning the entire camera to track the round.

[@Andrew-sw1cv]

i dont think anything can pane at mach 1, let alone mach 7

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

This is utterly terrifying and fascinating research!

[@rlhugh]

Does anyone know either 1. the time or distance until dispense? or 2. how much time has been slowed down in the clip at ~0:30 ?

[@kokutoryuu8312]

Misaka Mikoto looks more impressive.

[@InSammity]

Ive spent way to long looking for a certain reference

[@enthuast3370]

Keyword here is "looks". Misaka's Railgun is said to able to launch projectiles at 3 times the speed of sound, while this Railgun is able to shoot out its projectile at 7 times the speed of sound..

[@thealliedpowers]

That sound. It's the sound of the future.

[@theburningman5047]

You mean the sound of our doom

[@Korruptec]

Yea the alarm for firing the gun along with the supersonic sound is cool.

[@UpIsNotJump]

Me after no nut November

[@luongmaihunggia]

Not funny, didn't laugh

[@notlookme]

Why are u here

[@Rysussybaka]

Very funny, did laugh

[@Rysussybaka]

@@luongmaihunggia No U

[@jansa940]

LOL

[@VyCanisMajorisCSA]

How did they made these cameras that rotate in place to follow the projectile?

[@firstnamelastname-bz4fp]

VyCanisMajorisIHS They fired the camera out of a similar railgun at the same time so they both were traveling at the same speeds relative, then made the camera spin

[@Bourougne]

VyCanisMajorisIHS Digital zoom

[@vectorcroc2060]

VyCanisMajorisIHS All people who answered here are wrong. These are special cameras used by NASA & US Army to track very fast objects. They can track anything using thermals signature and/or laser sig.

[@firstnamelastname-bz4fp]

Vector Croc I was joking... XD

[@Cesmust]

VyCanisMajorisIHS A rotating mirror is cranked up to a super high RPM such that it rotates in time with the projectile. A high speed camera films the mirror as it rotates.

[@Nereus00]

everyone liking this video untill they become the targets

[@heretichazel]

+Nereus Lol

[@skorge_1849]

Nereus hahaha

[@healingpotionthatkillsyoui1844]

Won't have to worry about it for long, now will we?

[@MrMegaMetroid]

@@healingpotionthatkillsyoui1844 well they already have them installed on ships so idk

[@dabunnyrabbit2620]

By the time it goes through the last panel, it looks molten.

[@waveman5894]

The freedom is fast with this one

[@diffmaker175]

misaka mikoto approved this video

[@bigteaforfolks]

As a wall, I can confirm that this railgun cannon is indeed powerful.

[@scaryflower8745]

0:16 my mom on her way to find some way to ground me

[@CosmologDiraEinstformula]

0:34 for the moment after sabot we all saw a certain ww2 sign appear..

[@spear5723]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@cat_in_a_sock1948]

the aliens have been real quiet since this video got blasted into space on our frequencies

[@cryhavoc9748]

I feel like this would be great for home defense. NOTE : after needing to use in that capacity, it will easier to convince my wife we need to do some home renovations.

[@deeyadeli1435]

Cant imagine how many takes that took until the camera man was finally able to track the projectile.

[@lucariolps277]

The camera isn't moving. It's pointed at a mirror that Pans incredibly fast and follows the projectile.

[@goldenglaive3594]

God damn it, Misaka.

[@sslocke]

Rex's development is coming along nicely

[@DerdOn0ner]

The brrrrt when firing is almost as satisfying as the one of a Warthog

[@codymullenaux9501]

That brrrt is from the round simultaneously shredding the plates it hit

[@CygnusLaboratorys2056]

These Exotic Speeding Projectile Sounds are so satisfying

[@pika757]

When you’re an enemy missile cruiser but you hear Only my Railgun playing in the distance

[@hlonsouza9773]

Kkkkk nice

[@demonicpath1201]

The most shocking thing is what you see burning is not fire from the projectile because there is no gunpowder involved. The railgun is so powerful that it turns the air around it into plasma

[@lucariolps277]

If I remember correctly it's not the air, it's part of the gun barrel/rail. The energy is so intense that part of the barrel is damaged with each shot which was a major Problem with these. They have crazy short lifespans

[@maxander9010]

Since the release of this video this weapon is now in the seventh to tenth generation! The weapon is also in rifle and pistol configurations .

[@cortster12]

Source?

[@thisyhis7698]

@@cortster12 he made it up

[@reveirg9]

I'm more impressed at the camera work at 0:13 how did it manage to keep up at such high quality?

[@IdiotWithEducation]

There's a special kind of slow motion camera with tracking tech thats hooked up to a mirror, and the mirror tracks the object, then its stabilized by software in the camera

[@FearUniverse]

@@IdiotWithEducation outstanding explanation. Thanks for your comment

[@IdiotWithEducation]

@@FearUniverse lol thank you

[@Luci_the_Demon]

Who knew electromagnets could be so strong

[@thatfordguy7303]

And people honestly think the ISS is traveling at 17k. Getting hit with “space debris”. And it just bounces off. 😂

[@RavenGTR79]

Funny thing is that for every offiensive weapon created there's an equally defensive countermeasure against it (gun vs Kevlar, heat seeking missile vs flares etc). So far there's nothing that can stand up to a rail gun but it hasn't been put into full scale production either...otherwise the devastation would be unparalleled especially if used out of spite or anger.

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

kevlar is not equally defensive

[@FiggsNeughton]

Spite or anger would not affect this weapon's force capabilities.

[@RavenGTR79]

@@FiggsNeughton no shit it's called sarcasm 🤣

[@FiggsNeughton]

@@RavenGTR79 Joke's on me, you were just pretending to be r3t@rded.

[@breacher4423]

The only equal defense is the power supply not being enough or the gun tearing itself apart

[@rekingskrubs3130]

Ahhh the algorithm shows us something actually interesting today. :)

[@Sbaker566]

Honestly shocked the projectile isn't glowing from air friction

[@Utroll]

entry into atmo by asteroids for instance is something going easily above 20 km/s which is MACH60.. while MACH7 is 2.3km/s Although the container of the projectile is somewhat glowing ahah, and you can bet they did everything they could so it penetrates air with minimal frictions (for speed/distance/accuracy reasons)

[@el_primer_osito1876]

What ever is shown in public, is old news for the very powerful and rich. They already have a neutralizer for this weapon and more powerful weapon than this.

[@smallmanz]

"Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today!"

[@elofkjellson3906]

So, my smol brain is struggling here. If these use electromagnets to propel an unpowered projectile, why is there a MASSIVE fireball at the muzzle once the projectile leaves? It's awesome, I am just not sure how or why that happens

[@_itsdmd_]

That fire u saw there, its called plasma. You probably learned this at school, its ionized gas. So, basically, to push the projectile, u need to mount sth on its rear so that it interact with the electromagnetic field generated at the firing compartment of the gun (the part that has many wires connected to). Its called armature. There are 2 types of them, a solid one and a hybrid one. In this video, they used the hybrid one, which uses plasma as to form an arc of ionised gas to interact with the electromagnetic field. So its not the burning powder or explosive of regular bullet, its plasma used to create thrust. Make sense? :^)

[@asakayosapro]

non non, not electromagnets, that's a coilgun. Railguns are literally a controlled electrical short of massive amounts of current from massive capacitors.

[@DaleErnieMichael]

The amount of friction generated moving a chunk of metal that fast vaporizes the metal of the rail and ignites it along with the surrounding air thats getting compressed really hard by the projectile's shockwave, plus there's a big electric plasma arc inside it from all the angry pixies they zap through it. The air is still on fire behind the slug as it flies through the air and the big explosions when it hits the plates are same as the muzzle flash minus the elecric arc too.

[@divine308]

In space imagine the speed with no air drag which is insane at those speeds they will most likely be used on space craft for destroying asteroids or enemy craft

[@eggyrepublic]

I would imagine rockets being more practical in every way especially in space. The amount of mass of capacitors and rails needed for this would be ridiculous to launch into space.

[@randomgaming6118]

@@eggyrepublic Mmmmhhhh orbital construction cought

[@death_parade]

How it would play out in space:- 1 is away 2 is away 3 is away 4 is away ..... 5 is down. Failure to launch. What is going on? We have a launch malfunction on 5. They need to shoot goddammit! Yes sir. 5 is away. ..... Target 1 is scratched Scratch 2 Scratch 3 Scratch 4 Scratch 5 ..... Congratulations sir. Wait! They got one off before we hit them. Jesus Christ! .... ..... Status. Impact in South America. Tip of Amazonia. Closest city to the blast zone is Goiás Maior. Total population in the blast zone approximately 18 Million. Watchtowers have detected no further launches. Fleet Command believes we have eliminated the MCRN's first strike capability. What happened with the railguns? It was a power cycling malfunction sir. From charging up and standing down earlier. Yeah I am a nerd.

[@personhuman1813]

crazy how we've managed to make something, anything, fast enough to outrun the cameraman

[@robert_waltuh]

i like that sound!

[@Korruptec]

The alarm for firing or the round going through the walls?

[@LeLaidbackLauncher]

Why doesn't it look like a more conventional APFSDS round, which is more of a tipped rod then a finned cone? Wouldn't that increase speed, accuracy and penetration?

[@lucariolps277]

Problem really is drag. Even this projectile here is almost disasembling itself.

[@death_parade]

Problem is the bow shock. Sharper your projectile, more the temperature at the tip. Don't make the mistake of thinking that subsonic or even supersonic flight regimes are remotely comparable to hypersonic flight regime. We engineers need to study an entirely new subject (aerothermodynamics) for this. Its because the thermodynamics and aerodynamics of the problem become closely coupled to where you can't solve the equations if you don't consider them to be one system. Although I am not an expert at that subject either.

[@buzzdb66]

0:32 Hope that's one view you never see irl.

[@mynamesnotimportant1538]

Buzz 'd B66 I don’t think you’d even see it coming😂

[@Divine_R]

I imagine a grotesquely cartoonish image of your body being blown away and disintegrated while your spirit remains in the same place scratching its head in confusion as to what the hell hit you

[@theburningman5047]

That weapon is terrifying..... I like that

[@_ThreeStrikes_]

"Strider 1, railgun fired!"

[@locomojoboy2]

I’m amazed the camera was able to perfectly keep up with the projectile.

[@Caram0n]

why all the flames from muzzle prior to sabot/jacket separation?

[@SecretAgentXD1]

plasma

[@LazzyVamples]

Exactly. It ionizes the air and part of the jacket vaporizes and turns into plasma.

[@necrosteel5013]

I wonder if the railgun could be more viable alternative to regular sabots if the speed was half the test fire speed ( at mach 3 to 3.5 rather than the absurdity of firing a mach 7 slug and tearing up the guns own barrels in the process.). They have backblasts for tank cannons anyway.

[@celeste1461]

And me school teacher said this didn't exists

[@gamebow9630]

My god it makes the sound we all hoped the rail gun would make

[@SirDeanosity]

Mach 7: 7 X 750mph = 5250mph!

[@jokeymccrackin7192]

5,390 mph (HVP) 3,614 MPH (muzzle velocity of 120 mm KEP APFSDS fired from M256 gun)

[@avishkarnaik2606]

0:39 you can see there the part which detached was breaking sound barrier amazing man

[@trevdifilippo4123]

there on the u.s.s zumwalt

[@slckb0y65]

wait a second, you mean to tell me, you get to do that kind of stuff AND get paid on top of it ???

[@novianyanuardi2709]

I am looking for informations about misaka but end up here instead.

[@danielwynne169]

"Hypervelocity cannon firing" -Star wars EAW and FOC

[@TheDude-vg8qk]

Just make it longer and add a tension spring so when the projectile actually stops the detonation occurs from the explosives in the back connecting with the firing pin in the front. Sounds pretty simple to me.

[@codysmith8639]

This uses magnets not explosives

[@scrolersonline8490]

Bro a railgun shoots a piece of metal using electromagnetic force

[@mistersaur]

When you finally see the mosquito who bit you moments ago...

[@mikasaackerman1762]

Hats off to the cameramans tracking skill

[@skylosfoxtrot2350]

In ten years, we'll see full auto railguns... scarey af

[@jokeymccrackin7192]

At that point, that’s basically a laser beam

[@jakekim7109]

Damn Misaka out here getting pissed off

[@missionmanify]

Can someone tell me why there is so much muzzle fire? I thought it was all magnetic n shit

[@qevvy]

missionmanify Could be ablated material from the rails; or they might be using an injection charge to drive the round into the rails, so that it's already moving and doesn't just weld itself in place.

[@ecsciguy79]

missionmanify There are somewhere between hundreds of thousands to millions of amps flowing through that thing. It heats the air. A lot.

[@missionmanify]

ecsciguy79 looked it up, you're right, thanks!

[@whiteeagle77]

ecsciguy79 its not only current but aerodynamics too ;) beyond mach 3.5 temperatures on any surface in contact with air rise drastically due to friction of air molecules and the surface

[@missionmanify]

White Eagle ah i get it, thanks for the explanation, interesting

[@ApexRoyals]

So powerful they haven't created an alloy strong enough to keep the barrel and ammo intact after each shot. All barrels erode over time but you get at least a few thousand shots before it becomes an issue. This gun however Rios itself apart whenever fired so it's easy to scrap until they can re visit it in a few decades when they find a work around. Weapons need to be reliable no matter what, especially when they are meant for defense.

[@carlrs15]

BUT DOES IT MAKE TOAST??

[@UncleFLarry]

But can it read?

[@SwiggSwoogz]

I would like a railgun toaster it would fire toast to me from home in like six seconds.

[@Freezedriedskittle]

I want a Railgun for Christmas

[@charlesc4511]

Directed by Michael Bay

[@zabbas9371]

Heh its a stunt for the new transformers movie

[@tankloverrc1344]

0:02 EARRAPE WARNING!!!!

[@AndoniOlea]

Directed by Kamachi Kazuma.

[@osamabinladen824]

And James Cameron.

[@Legend869]

Disney owns the rights though

[@7150285]

The plates are spaced out. Thus making it even more easier to penetrate. Not saying it would stopped it but it would definitely make it harder to penetrate if those plates were stacked together and not spaced out.

[@Keep3r1438]

That’s not exactly how it works

[@7150285]

@ZGD-yy9oy there are countless test showing spaced plates are much EASIER to penetrate than spaced plates. Going Ballistics did a test on it. And he wasn't the only KZbinr...

[@7150285]

@ZGD-yy9oy spacing will make projectile easier to penetrate. This is more of a fact than opinion.