Recently, there has been news that China's electromagnetic guns are close to being practical.
According to the South China Morning Post, Lu Junyong's team at the Naval University of Engineering published on November 10, sayingThe electromagnetic railgun was successfully tested, and the muzzle speed reached 2,000 meters per second, and it was able to fire 120 shells in a row while maintaining accuracy.
What is this concept?Just look at a set of comparative information.
The muzzle velocity of the tank gun was only 1,600 to 1,800 m/s, but the muzzle velocity of the electromagnetic gun of Lu Junyong's team reached 2,000 m/s
The 120-round burst still maintains the accuracy of the shot, which is comparable to the main gun barrel of the battleship era, and is also close to the barrel of the regular barrel gun.
In terms of rate of fire and barrel life alone, they are close to practicality. One of the important reasons why the United States has launched the electromagnetic cannon project is that it cannot solve the problem of orbital ablation.
Here are 3 points worth noting:
1. The electromagnetic cannon has a long range.
The muzzle velocity of 2000 meters and seconds, if launched at an elevation angle of 45 degrees, can hit 400 kilometers under the ideal model, but in reality due to factors such as air resistanceHalf of a dozen or two hundred kilometers is not a problem.
Now in the first generation, it can be made 2 kilometers per second, and in the future, it will be possible to make an initial velocity of 4 kilometers or 6 kilometers per second, and hit 4 or 500 kilometers.
Then reduce the ** to the price of cabbage, and when the time comes, set up 10,000 or 20,000 electromagnetic cannons, and hit the one in the east, the one in the south, or the one in the west, it should be very fierce.
2, for launching missiles.
Since the electromagnetic cannon is not pushed out violently than the gunpowder cannon, but accelerates linearly and evenly, it may be used to launch missiles, rockets, smart bombs, etc.
After pushing them to a specified height and area with an electromagnetic cannon, and then igniting and tracking the target, then air defense and long-range strikes can be realized. If realized, either the cost of the missile will drop significantly (with a reduction in propellant), or the range of the missile will increase significantly (leaving the propellant unchanged).
3, * will be stronger.
It should be nice to put a railgun on a ** like D. For example,If it is letThe new generation 055 plays with all-electric propulsion, electromagnetic railgun, electromagnetic coil gun, electromagnetic rocket artillery, laser cannon, and high-energy microwave**and other new technologies, it will be very sci-fi.
Seeing the progress of China's electromagnetic gun, Lao Mei is estimated to be dizzy. Lao Mei can't play with electromagnetic guns, so he will get off the project in 2021 and want to concentrate on playing hypersonic missiles, but Lao Mei didn't succeed in either, while China is far ahead of both.