05-08-2018, 09:34 PM | #41 | |
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That coupled with the issues you present lead me to believe it will be a long time before gyros ever see combat. |
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05-08-2018, 10:56 PM | #42 | |
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http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2...-2-kilometers/ |
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05-08-2018, 11:01 PM | #43 | |
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A modern firearm is typically about 20 to 30% efficient at turning the chemical energy of its powder into kinetic energy.with about another 30% to 40% of its energy going into heating the weapon. By my best estimates, a pulsed laser could deliver a similar level of wounding (and significantly higher armor penetration) as a bullet with about the same amount of energy. Combine these, add in advances from rapidly improving laser technology, and you can see that a laser will generate a similar or lower heat load compared to a firearm, with consequently similar or lower difficulty in heat rejection. Notably, modern fiber lasers are well known for being able to tolerate high heat levels and keep working without degradation in beam quality. Luke |
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05-08-2018, 11:05 PM | #44 | |
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You can also include heat pumps, some of which have been designed without moving parts (like those that work with sound waves). The no moving parts varieties are not cost efficient with the usual method of pumping liquids around in pipes, but they have been demonstrated. Luke |
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05-08-2018, 11:08 PM | #45 | |
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05-08-2018, 11:11 PM | #46 | |
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05-08-2018, 11:16 PM | #47 | |
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05-08-2018, 11:27 PM | #48 | |
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Now my estimates were made using theory and calculations, because we just don't have experience with MW beams impinging on flesh and bone. So there's always room to question them. My calculator works okay when comparing to known examples - better than an order of magnitude agreement in any case - ranging from industrial drilling lasers to cratering from asteroid impacts, nanosecond laser pulses, and nuclear detonations. But the effect of what seems ideal for a laser weapon is not in the parameter space of cases that have data I could find. Luke |
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05-08-2018, 11:29 PM | #49 | |
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05-09-2018, 12:08 AM | #50 | |
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They're also heavy and troops today are already far too overloaded from the weight of armor and equipment they have to use. In current COIN ops, US troops are carrying around 55% of their bodyweight in gear and weapons. And it weight goes up against peer opponents. |
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