Railgun Projectile Test

Footage of the Office of Naval Research and Naval Surface Warfare Center conducting a test of an electromagnetic railgun at Aberdeen Proving Ground and the Navy Office of Naval Research successfully conducting a record setting firing of an electromagnetic railgun at the Naval Surface Warfare Center. Provided by Navy Visual News Service.

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• missile
• Test
• Launch
• Rocket
• railgun
• navy
• gun
• research
• aberdeen
• warfare
• war
• electromagnetic
• record

[privateworldofwarft]

The rail is very usefull. It will shoot things faster. That was just a test gun. Not the real thing.

[Athaeus]

The rail gun projectiles are usually much lighter than their explosive counterparts (a battleship shell can weigh around 300 kg, whereas a rail gun shell is usually around 3 kg). In spite of this though, the sheer speed of the projectile causes it to be as devastating as an explosive 300 kg projectile.

In other words, you can carry more shells with no risk of explosions on board, with just as good weapon power. The rail gun is a fantastic invention!

[EagleEye910638]

It moves so fast it ignites the air.

[movsvinet]

Stupid friggin' video! It's a compilation of 2 totally different videos, which have NOTHING to do with eachother.. The first shown gun is NOT a railgun, and the second video shows the US Navy railgun shot - obviously not the shot from the hillbillies "cannon".

[piatdor]

@MnstrSubrbn that is not a rail gun but a kenetic projectile used for one....maybe if you spent the same 15 secons by even just googling rail gun, you could find the information before making a comment like that

[CaptainJetJakal]

show me the actual weapon later. and it MUST be placed on a Rex style walking tank.

[EnigmaHood]

Wtf, this is not a railgun. You just cut footage from a railgun projectile at the very end.

[MnstrSubrbn]

@neep28 it is a railgun, the smoke and fire you see is caused by the high amps reeking havoc on the area around the projectile and the projectile itself, like a plasma cutter does to metal.

[trr321321]

@daedalus357 But a cruise missile can be steered to its target while a rail gun projectile, like any bullet, just follows a ballistic trajectory.

[David86095]

i thought that rail guns look a little like bazookas, except it had two steel rods that would fire electric pulses that would shock the $#!# outta ppl... if they havent started working on that.... yeah.... i could probably invent a rail gun....

[happygamestvfun1]

when he sid that cap over the projectile it squiled like a door, must be a tight fit, mmmmmm

[AnotherGaisle]

@you54312 No, that's the friction the projectile has with the air.