BF2S Forums Technology Development in Armored Warfare

Trotskygrad wrote:

UnkleRukus wrote:

Trotskygrad wrote:

aim slightly down or to the side?

in the example Teds cited, you see the soldier lasing the wall, not the air above the wall, then aiming upwards above the wall and firing.

You take an approximate range and then adjust the shell to explode a few meters from the measured range, is it so hard to understand? So if the range was 500m behind your targets, and 490m in front of them you can adjust the grenade to explode in the middle, at 495m. Do you get what I am saying?

hence the + and - buttons on the gun

UnkleRukus wrote:

Trotskygrad wrote:

UnkleRukus wrote:

You take an approximate range and then adjust the shell to explode a few meters from the measured range, is it so hard to understand? So if the range was 500m behind your targets, and 490m in front of them you can adjust the grenade to explode in the middle, at 495m. Do you get what I am saying?

hence the + and - buttons on the gun

Was talking to commie, and I didn't want to break the pyramid.

Commie Killer wrote:

UnkleRukus wrote:

Commie Killer wrote:

Those have been around for decades. Not in the exact same type, but still its kind of useless. It takes a while to figure out the exact range, imput it, fire, etc. Also to get it so the price is worth the benefit. Military tried to do way too much, way too fast, with the XM25.

It has a laser rangefinder on it dude. Laser rangefinding is one of, if not the most, accurate way to determine range.

Yeah. This is probably pretty stupid, but I cant figure out for the life of me how you are supposed to laze the range to the air over a foxhole. Its not like you can shoot for the ground around it, its a bitch to do something like that if your at the same level.

For one thing, a railgun offers 2 to 3 times the velocity of a conventional big gun, so that it can hit its target within 6 minutes. By contrast, a guided cruise missile travels at subsonic speeds, meaning that the intended target could be gone by the time it reaches its destination.

Furthermore, current U.S. Navy guns can only reach targets about 13 miles away. The railgun being tested today could reach an enemy 100 miles away. And with current GPS guidance systems it could do so with pinpoint accuracy. The Navy hopes to eventually extend the range beyond 200 miles…

Admiral Carr, who calls the railgun a “disruptive technology,” said that not only would a railgun-equipped ship have to carry few if any large explosive warheads, but it could use its enemies own warheads against them. He envisions being able to aim a railgun directly at a magazine on an enemy ship and “let his explosives be your explosives.”

There’s also a cost and logistical benefit associated with railguns.
For example, a single Tomahawk cruise missile costs roughly $600,000. A non-explosive guided railgun projectile could cost much less.

The previous record during a test was a 10 megajoule firing; this one generated more than three times that amount of power. To put it in perspective, just one megajoule is equivalent to a small car hitting something at 100 mph. In other words, the term “railgun” is a misnomer: This thing is actually a space-age missile launcher whose projectiles not only fly much, much faster and farther than current missiles do, but as a result they hit with more force — even though there are no explosives involved. (An important safety advance, natch.) And best of all, they’re more cost-effective than current armaments. It’s a quantum leap that can save money and tremendously improve our strategic advantage on the seas, especially now that China’s developing missiles to target U.S. aircraft carriers. Which is why I expect the movement to cut the program or ban such weapons outright to begin in about five minutes.

Mekstizzle wrote:

build a huge one and start firing shit into space