Electromagnetic canons achieve more big velocity than normal canons. Destructions kinetic energy of projectile is as large that it needn’t be explosive.

Railgun is navy electromagnetic canon with rail. General Atomics company (among other producer of pilotless planes Predator) upgrades these thinks. They have tried their canon Blitzer successfully. Its exactly parameters didn’t make public, but it is able to estimate.

Idea of shooting iron projectiles or another thinks with the help of electric and magnetic powers is 100 years old. In electromagnetic canons is projectile accelerated gradually during whole tour, but in classic cannon projectile gives whole energy suddenly in one short moment by burn chemic mess.

Thank to this facts it is possible to acquire lot more velocity of projectile at launching from barrel.
Classics canons can acquire speed circa 1800 m/s, it is going on antitank kinetic penetrators. Speed of projectiles of normal rifles is half – max 900m/s. Electromagnetic canons acquire double speed, for example 3500 m/s – Mach 10. US Army plan test, where would be projectiles with speed about 5800 m/s – Mach 16,5. This canon would shoot on 460 km.

Advantage of electromagnetic artillery is excepting of high velocity and higher distance fact that its projectile needn’t be explosive. Its extreme kinetic energy explode self. US Army confirmed velocity 2520 m/s. Electromagnetic canon is possible to get ready more faster than missile.


Source: ČRo Leonardo