Metal Storm on Discovery

[TRTlivealittle]

thats pretty gay i mean what if something happens to the battery or the electronic systems inside the gun on a battlefield i mean isnt the weapons that dont rely on electricity more reliable

[BonesTheCat]

@TRTlivealittle Like, aircraft, tanks, etc...

[DATAENT]

This system could be damn powerful in a handgun or a inverted bullpup like a p90.

[BonesTheCat]

@DATAENT Against all sorts of armour too. Bullet after bullet in the same hole will punch through.

[RKftw68]

it costs 400,000 dollars to fire this gun, for .000000001 seconds....

[preinvester]

Have a look at these guys as well, search You Tube for "rti weapon", these guys have developed Absolutely ZERO recoil!!

[melbourneopera]

Metal storm , excellent Australian Company.

and the only Aust. weapon listed in America....

these weapon is so deadly which cut Samuri sword in 6th bullet

[peashooter101]

Cool idea ,but Its probably not good at long ranges cause each bullet/grenade has a different length of barrel to travel so some bullets/grenades will fly farther than other ones.

[BonesTheCat]

Yeah, depends on the length of the barrel tho. I'm sure they'd compensate.

[68eyes]

you look like a terrorist

[hoodlem187]

Metal storm , excellent Australian Company.

[Fredasmon]

What I'm wondering is how long it would take to reload this weapon, compared to say an M16 or an AK47, seeing as preloaded magazines clearly is not an option...

[BonesTheCat]

I haven't seen an assault rifle version of the technology.

[SYLACE2]

What if the system glitched and fired the last bullet first???

[BonesTheCat]

Things would get messy fairly quick. lol

[beeching31]

It's hard to say what exctly will happen. But bear in mind that the ammo is fired by an electonic pulse so the ammo in front would not necessarily blow up!!

[spiderpig85]

yeah i think it would just push the rest out, but what i wanna know is how the hell do you load the rounds?

[BonesTheCat]

Check out my other video "Metal Storm Mortar".

[brightmal]

Read John Ringo's Posleen war series. He uses several different versions in those stories.

[managrey]

There goes, the 1million man Chinese Army. Poof

[penitent2401]

good for few secs then hours of getting shot at while you try to reload the thing, don't really want it for long fights

[Wallalaahh]

wouldnt it suck to miss a target with a 1000000 rounds a minute gun? youd be out of ammo xD

[AscensionSeries]

Still agrivating to watch that military is focused on population reduction rather than neutralizing agression. For instance, why not use sleeping gas bombs or grid-field tazer technology just to disable people but not harm. Then for all types of violent prisoners have a giant tread mill to generate electricy for a town/city as a daily activity to pay for their crimes.

[jmr1068204]

Well, for one thing...the terrorists don't agree with that. We'd have "disabling tasers" and they'd have grenades and real guns.

[cadetorange]

"population reduction?" Are you fucking serious? The Military has a job to do, this job involves killing people.  The day you can get every single fucking person on this earth to agree not to kill their neighbor is the day the sun will explode. Why dont you start in Africa, I'll buy you a ticket to the Sudan, try explaining peace to them

[ytubemaniac]

you are so unrealistic dude

[2randomguyss]

y dont u just roll an RDX grenaide instead of 'sleeping gas bombs'

[Playboysmurf1]

waterproof?

Imagine how many bullets you have to carry with that thing.

I'd have to say it would be better to have "One shot, one kill".

[jesusmcnixon]

its more a defensive or vehicle mounted thing

[BonesTheCat]

Don't bother, J. They just don't get it. I've tried. But they're too fucken stupid. All their military knowledge comes from games.

[jesusmcnixon]

Sigh. Such is youtube.

[Gunner193]

Aww, this is spiffy. One EMP blast and it's trash. Use rotary cannons and be happy.

[tenou123]

*sigh* Why does everyone think military hardware is vulnerable to EMP? You can wrap -tinfoil- around something and make it emp-proof. Heck, some varieties of hardware packaging are already emp-resistant.

Rotary cannons and be happy huh? Isn't that like saying "Electric lightbulbs? Feh, they break. Use Candles and be happy."?

[Gunner193]

Well, as long as the EMP protection is solid, it's good. The problem is, Metal Storm has a much more sensitive hardware than rotary cannons, which have only a crude electrical motor. BTW, candles? Feh, they can be put out with a single blow. Not exactly a good comparison...

Hugs, dude, and be happy! :)

[jokez2001]

in what furistic world where terrorist you advanced technology such as EMP do you live in?

[Gunner193]

A world where a strong magnetic field, very likely from something like a strong short-circuit, could disrupt sensitive electronics -- THE REAL WORLD.

[jokez2001]

do you have any idea how much energy is needed to make an EMP. that would have to be one hell of a short circuit, very likely from something like a power plant. you just wanted to sound smart but really your just an idiot using phrases such as "very likely" and "something like" because you dont know what the hell your talking about just thought more words would sound better.

[Gunner193]

Non-nuclear electromagnetic pulse (NNEMP) is an electromagnetic pulse generated without use of nuclear weapons. There are a number of devices to achieve this objective, ranging from a large low-inductance capacitor bank discharged into a single-loop antenna or a microwave generator to an explosively pumped flux compression generator. To achieve the frequency characteristics of the pulse needed for optimal coupling into the target, wave-shaping circuits and/or microwave generators are added...

[Gunner193]

...between the pulse source and the antenna. A vacuum tube particularly suitable for microwave conversion of high energy pulses is the vircator.

You see, "jokez2001"?! Now who's the idiot, retarded bitch?!

[Gunner193]

And the bitch didn't answer...

But isn't MS too expensive?

[millerdod]

wasnt this invented in aus?

[Delvenmelven]

Yes, look at the metal storm website, its australian

[falconfira]

See the following:

Orbital Weaponary

Project Thor

SALT II treaty

Mass driver

Gerald Bull

Or if you want to read something fun, "Solar Pumped, Alkali Vapor Laser" from DTIC(google it).

[Ecneuqes]

Why would you need a gun in space, there's no bike trials to shoot at...

[drklnk23]

what in physics would make it unable to fire in space?

[sandinsx]

yup, it should fire in space. the right question i think however is not about physics but with chemistry. the propellant might need oxygen to ignite? (which is unlikely, they should be making self-sustaining propellant already)

[thecureforpain73]

Gun powder contains an oxidizer itself so it would go off in space...

[htcsnavybrat]

Oh Yeah Definitely want one!!!

[12valvepower]

i want one

[sonsonp]

in order to fire a million rounds a second u would need a million barrels gun,,,hehhe,,sure,, the chinese got a million men to reload this gun,,,but i dont think they want it,your all own electronic stuff your know how long it last =)

[asiagal]

oh wat if a emp grenade is thrown that will make the best become a nightmare?

[BonesTheCat]

EMP grenade?. Then they could follow it up with shoulder fired mini nukes!. *rolls eyes*

[asiagal]

great and there goes earth

[kamatex]

And the Smurf shock troops would have to be armed with claymores taped to their heads and plasma rifles in the eye of their dicks!

[Airforcedude73]

The gun really dose shoots at a rate of a million rounds a minute but they can't fit a million rounds in the gun but if they could and they shot it for one minute straight it would have shot a million rounds.... Metal storm is perfect for anti missiles, tanks, trucks or anything that gets in it's way

[Nanovirus5995]

I think he ment to say " a thousand rounds a MINUTE" not second. and dont say "Oh no he didnt" cos how.

[HunterCadre]

Well, I'm gonna say it anyway. He did say 1k bullets a second. Some metalstorm guns have a theoretical firing rate of 1 million a minute.

[Nanovirus5995]

Yeah they do but not the granade launcher.

[HunterCadre]

Well, if you look at the technology behind it, it should be theoritically possible. He also says "IMAGINE a gun etc", and he probably means that if metalstorm is further developed, that is in fact a possible scenario.  It doesn't actually say that it does so now, because metal storm is still at the prototype stage.

[laifus]

yeh it may be at prototype stage but it will be finished Australian is designing its own assault rifle with the metal storm intergrated on top of its barrel with a big scope problem is the havent got the smart grenades figured out yet

[HALOandMETAL]

I only Say the inventor's should get the credit not the whole damn country thats damn ridiculous lol. But I do know what you mean =]

[ESX90]

thats a lot of bullets...

[madman10109]

this weapon would be incredible if they were able to find a way to automatically reload the weapon.

[sandinsx]

well, I'm guessing it chaning the barrels would be like changing magazines (that's gonna take a lot of extra ammo to bring though :/) I'm also guessing this would work best mounted on vehicles or as turrets

[Einstiensblackid]

The US Navy is conducting tests of the grenade launcher you see in the video, and the Marines are testing a semi auto rifle mounted grenade launcher that uses the same technology.

[grahto]

considering that the US Government at the moment has no rights to this technology... You're wrong. The Australian inventers and Australian Government has forbidden the use of this technology to be tested outside anyone but themselves as it is still in its beta stages. The US will eventually use this technology to make their navy impossible to hit... but right now international law forbids the use of this technology by anyone other that the authorised owners and Australian Government.

[Einstiensblackid]

The US military is a prospective buyer of MTSX/STK weaponry. That's what someone who isn't a total hard on would have gathered from my month old post. Sorry I didn't clear that up for you earlier.

Oh and MTSX has an office in Arlington VA. So don't act like it's only been fired in Australia.

[grahto]

considering metal storm is currently a privately owned company, i know it has overseas offices. It doesn't mean the US government has rights to the technology because they dont.

My cousin is in the Australian Navy, and he was telling me that they are currently trialling this gun with A.I. to automatically detect incoming missiles/torpedos and then fire a wall of grenades at it.

[Einstiensblackid]

You moron it's ticker symbol is MTSX! It's listed on nasdaq! That's public dip shit not privately owned.

[TheAmura]

So pathetic China tries to steal it from Australia and even tried bribeing the inventor.

[firex001]

YEha i liek the firefighting one except i would have to see it to believe it

[fittydollar]

That's great and all but they never explained quick ways to reload the metal storm.

[Polenar]

Finaly someone noticed...  ;)

[salemcripple]

It's only meant to be a sentry gun. Anti missile, bomb, truck, ect. Not anti personelle, so therefore, it only has to fire for a few seconds, if even that. It's simmilar to the the gattling gun system on modern destroyers.

[salemcripple]

It's purpose is to put as many rounds into the air as possible, effectivly creating a "sheld" around what it is protecting.

[TheTrooper506]

But they showed a pistol to.

[salemcripple]

They also showed how to reload the pistol in that same animation. And it wouldn't take any longer than reloading a normal pistol. Just cock the slide back, stick in a new tube, and youre ready.

[kamatex]

there is a few videos around that show the fast reloading system on the 40mm granade launcher

[12valvepower]

put one of those guns, on a sattelite, over north korea, or afghanistan, or iran.. and arm it good, no matter what they throw at us, icbms or what haev you, we can shoot it down.. that is power on the battefield

[Domi81456]

lol thats not a bad idea dont forget theres NO GRAVITY IN SPACE IDIOT

[12valvepower]

then it will stay there, maybe get hit by asteroid, at the earth makes some small gravity in space, near earth orbit is slightly affected by gravity, in a very small way.. that is why orbits eventually degrade.. that and atmosphere.. there actually is some drag, very near planets..

[Domi81456]

ok.....

[xeonfuze]

you don't need gravity for bullets to accelerate in space you dum fuck, how do you think rockets keep flying in space. I think should think before you say something fucking retarded like you just did.

[Domi81456]

im speechless but fuck you for calling me a dumb fuck im not perfesinal at guns you know

[aznbigk]

please... take some physics before you start ranting to sum1 else...

domi is completely right...

it won't fire in space...

but the best use for these ive heard is the way that they will use them on battle ships as anti missle and air def.

basically if a missle or plane is flying at them, the metal storms activate and fire from main vectors and form "the wall" of bullets, destroying everything...

[SobaniForce]

ummm, it will fire in space...

[firewrx612]

Classically retarded comment.

[Domi81456]

Classically fucked your mom

[firewrx612]

Thanks for reinforcing my point.

There's gravity in space, moron.

[Domi81456]

faggot

[Fry5485]

you dumb fuck, there's lots of gravity in space, if not sattelites would fly off into deep space in stead of orbiting around the earth.

[redmustang03]

If the US military has this then nothing can be stopped. But damn 1,000,000 rounds a minute for bullets, 4,000 rounds a second for grenades, damn just put this around a base for protection against any missle if the Patriot missle fails or around any ship if the missle system or the Phalenx system fails. Damn.

[CodyYes]

Be careful! China likes this stuff. And they had been trying to steal it, if they get it, it would be a disaster of the world.

[danplu85]

What the fuck are you talking about? "China likes this stuff"? US likes "this stuff" more than any other nation.

[MALCB15]

please anything you see or hear about you better belive they have somthing 10 times better, think about y would they tell you how it works if they didnt

[ichci]

This weapon is about as useful as Sadam Hussein's "Super Cannon".

Now with that genius dead, the company better sell it to the US before Bush is gone- nobody else will have the brain power to appreciate this flawless weapon.

[supertaj]

must be a bitch to reload though

[BonesTheCat]

Definitely...I've got a video that has the reloading of the mortar, but not "guns".

I guess they've gotta work out everything it can do before they can decide on the best applications..eg: the handgun would make an awesome assassins gun, but not a general combat gun...it would make an excellent autonomous sentry platform, but may be lacking as a general purpose machine gun..because of the reloading like you mentioned.

[goDaleJrgo]

reply to supertaj it's not really as hard to reload as you think, there is another video that explains everything on this gun, check it out, type in metal storm in the search box and click on Weapons of the future

[getamap]

lol who cares who made it its still a freakin awesome gun

[grahto]

aussie gun, funny how the yanks always try to take the credit for everything they wish they invented. Eg, harrier jump jet

[CoAdY195]

Hey man, im canadian and canada had one of the best jets ever called the aavro arrow it was an arrow space jet and

would have made histroy, but the dam usa made the goverment distory it cuse thay dident have anything that could stand up to it.

[NJRocks281]

ausies di not invent the concept asshole, they invented metal storm.

[grahto]

We invented it, because other countries couldn't make a successful working model, dick head. If America had the ability to make it, they would have a long time ago.

[NJRocks281]

lol you think any country on this planet couldn't make that if they wanted to or thought it was necessary, hate to break it to you but that design is very simple.

[BonesTheCat]

Then why are the Chinese super fucken keen to get their hands on it?

[NJRocks281]

aside from the chinese, who copy everything, don't get me wrong I think the Aussies did a brilliant job making the thing, well at least the prototype we will see how far they get with it.

[YouKnowJack]

Why would the Chinese bother copying the copy? The Chinese invented this system over 1000 years ago, before the West even knew how to make gunpowder. Just go look at any cake firework with multi-shot Roman candles in it! So these are electronically fired? Big deal, visco fuse has worked fine for decades!

[fufury]

No kidding. Stupid Blokes.

[jusfuknwidya]

dont forget its australian owned and made

[BonesTheCat]

Absolutely, thats what pissed me off about this show...Dunno about owned anymore, from what I gather Aus gov didn't want to know about it, thats why he went to the states.

[XtcPOWER]

nah the aussie government is weak when americans put HUGE numbaz to buy the technology its been like this with all the aussie inventions its a damn shame but we still get the second biggest share of the products so australia will always be right up there with good technology