Timeline for Military Tank for an Interstellar War
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| Mar 27, 2016 at 3:06 | comment | added | Aarthew III | @Joe Bloggs why not? | |
| Feb 15, 2016 at 8:55 | vote | accept | moran | ||
| Sep 15, 2015 at 1:28 | comment | added | Liesmith | @2012rcampion You don't need a large number of barrels to use Metal Storm; you can fire the rounds as slowly or quickly as you want. Even if you're only loading three shells into the barrel at once (assuming something like a 120mm cannon), and fire them two or three times as fast as an M1 Abrams could fire. The time to reload that single barrel by hand would be no more than loading the main cannon on an Abrams. For the 3D printer, I'm going to assume that 3D printing technology will improve somewhat by the time we have interstellar travel. | |
| Sep 15, 2015 at 1:04 | comment | added | 2012rcampion | The problem with Metal Storm is the ridiculous number of barrels required. You either suffer hugely increased cost or greatly diminished accuracy. Also, I'd guess that the time cost of 3D printing far outweighs the reduction in mass, especially if you have a large number of vehicles with a relatively low part count. | |
| Sep 14, 2015 at 10:55 | comment | added | Liesmith | @o.m. the Metal Storm ammo can just be stored in tubes/stacks that load into the end of the barrel (1:41 in this video: youtube.com/watch?v=zx_9_RgMPCE). It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to imagine a loading mechanism that would eliminate the need to leave the vehicle and actually go to the back of the barrel. | |
| Sep 14, 2015 at 10:45 | comment | added | o.m. | Metal Storm has a high rate of fire, but is it efficient ammo storage? Instead of the bullet and propellant in a thin-walled cartridge case, it has to be stored in a heavier replacement barrel. The railgun sounds better in this regard. | |
| Sep 14, 2015 at 10:13 | comment | added | Joe Bloggs | Sadly I can't upvote at the moment, but you get my approval for the '3d printer to make replacement parts' | |
| Sep 14, 2015 at 10:07 | history | answered | Liesmith | CC BY-SA 3.0 |