Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 86 Popular Science: Electromagnetic Cannons and Laser Cannons
(Excerpt from some common sense, friends who don’t like it can skip it)
Electromagnetic gun is an advanced kinetic energy killing weapon made by electromagnetic launch technology.

Unlike traditional cannons, which use gunpowder gas pressure to act on projectiles, electromagnetic guns use the ampere force generated by the electromagnetic field in the electromagnetic system to accelerate metal projectiles so that they can reach the kinetic energy required to hit the target. Unlike traditional gunpowder-propelled cannons, electromagnetic Cannons greatly increase the speed and range of projectiles.

The electromagnetic railgun is a long-range, high-energy, multi-mission weapon with a rate of fire three times that of current naval guns and a range of more than 3 miles (about 100 kilometers). As the power source, the warhead is accelerated to a very high speed along the guide rail by using electromagnetic force (Lorentz force) and launched.

The electromagnetic railgun warhead weighs 23 pounds (approximately 10.43 kilograms) and can be launched from an electromagnetic rail or from a Navy 127mm or even 155mm artillery system.Railguns are command-guided, but may develop into self-guided in the future.

In addition to its advantages in range and lethality, the gun is a relatively inexpensive naval artillery program, costing about $25000 per shell.

Since the electromagnetic railgun is a weapon with high energy, it has a serious heating condition and needs good cooling technology support.The electromagnetic railgun is not just a shell launching device, but is composed of multiple systems.

Laser cannon is a high-energy laser weapon that uses powerful directional laser beams to directly damage or disable targets. According to combat uses, this new type of weapon is divided into two categories: tactical laser weapons and strategic laser weapons.

Laser cannons would be a conventional deterrent.

Since the speed of laser weapons is the speed of light, there is generally no need to advance when using them. However, because lasers are easily affected by the weather, laser weapons have not been popularized until now.

Laser weapon is a kind of directed energy weapon, which uses a powerful directional laser beam to directly damage or disable the target.

It is a high-tech new concept weapon that uses the huge energy carried by high-brightness and strong laser beams to destroy or kill enemy aircraft, missiles, satellites and personnel.

Laser weapons have the advantages of fast attack target speed, fast transfer of firepower (just a few fractions), and high cost-effectiveness. They are bound to become key weapons and equipment in the era of information warfare.

Only by using superconducting technology to create a superconducting energy storage device to store super-intensive currents can high-intensity lasers be produced, which can destroy enemy satellites or missiles.

The laser cannon is so powerful that it can be called the "king of cannons".

The laser cannon can fire 1000 "light bombs" in one second, and the light bombs are extremely powerful "strong light beams".

It measures the azimuth, distance, altitude, speed, etc. of enemy missiles or aircrafts by means of long-distance warning radar, and after being quickly processed by electronic computers, it hits the target accurately.

If the enemy launches multiple real and false missiles at the same time, the laser cannon has the ability to destroy all the incoming missiles in a short time.

The aviation machine gun can automatically and continuously complete the shooting cycle action of opening, extracting, ejecting, feeding, locking and firing.

The caliber is mostly 20-30 mm, and the effective range is usually 2000 meters. It is used in conjunction with the airborne fire control system, and the air-to-air shooting is 400-1200 meters. It has the characteristics of compact structure, light weight, easy and fast operation.

After the emergence of air-to-air missiles, some countries once ignored the development of aerial guns.

Air combat has proved that aerial guns are still indispensable weapons for close combat.Its development focus is to reduce weight, increase muzzle velocity and rate of fire, ammunition strives for versatility, and improves blasting power and armor-piercing efficiency.

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