DREAD Weapon System

[SlartyBartFast]

Zero recoil, plus 8,000 fps projectile speeds, 5,000-120,000 rpm capability

http://www.military.com/soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_DREAD,,00.html

[Jeffy-CanCon]

If that thing works half as well as the author claims, it will be still be awe-inspiring.

[warpspyder]

Interesting, but I have a sneaking suspicion that it will amount to nothing. Just my thought.

[Maggot6]

Mommy Mommy I want one,... Yeah, I have a hunch that they wont be as good as they sound. But still a cool idea.

[WingMan13]

Nice. I cant wait for the watered down civilian version.

[bleachit]

... sounds too good to be true.

on the other hand, technology rules.

when can I get one for paintball?

[Kevmaster]

holds a couple thousand .50 cal rounds? I can see adapting that....

although the 8k fps may be a LITTLE too high

[tony3]

Now we can kill eachother even faster.

[bleachit]

holds a couple thousand .50 cal rounds? I can see adapting that....

although the 8k fps may be a LITTLE too high

meh, maybe a little...

then again... kids will be running around telling everyone online how they have an uber mod for theirs and it can fire 400,000 RPM and making fun of everyone who only has a 4,000 round capacity.

[gimp]

That sounds pretty cool. It's gotta eat up the battery pretty quick though. My guess is that it's just a real fancy motor. There have been some big advances in electromechanics, and he's probably taking advantage of new technologies. I'm really curious how it actually works. Does it just have something that constantly spins, then grabs the balls in a magnetic field and just whips em around and out one side? Or would it just spin when you pull the trigger? Maybe the balls are still and just get 'whacked' with some sort of moving electric/magnetic field. That would explain the frictionless part.

[SIGSays]

that's like uh.... what movie was that.... that shot the force of someting... i forget.. haha

[Phobos]

The satalite part about no recoil is a load. If you push something away from you its going to push back. Well you could have it fire in the totall oppsite direction at the same time.

I am guessing this works like a warp feed where you have 2 discs that pinch the balls and then its basically a really advanced sling.

[Target Practice]

Now we can kill eachother even faster.

HAHA CUZ KILLING SUX AM I RITE?!?1

Eh, I don't see this thing taking off.

[SlartyBartFast]

The satalite part about no recoil is a load. If you push something away from you its going to push back.

That's what had me thinking shenanigans.


Action = opposite reaction.

[Thordic]

Its possible to have no recoil due to the fact the bullet isn't being propelled laterally but centrifugally. The centrifugal motion probably also acts as a stabilizer.