Caltrops - Operation: Hammer Time





	[quote name="Chairman Mao"][quote name="Senor Barborito"]Exactly. Because electricity can be produced <i>sans</i> chemicals. Or as Inigo would say: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."[/quote] Depends on how literalist you want to be about it. There is a fundamental difference between the 'chemical' processes in, say, a radioisotope generator or some manner of isomer or nuclear reaction than the gas expansion of a conventional propellant. At any rate though, its most likely first-generation rail-guns, like first-generation solid state laser weapons will be powered off of flywheels attached to the tank/aircraft's jet turbine. [quote]My point being that the Army doesn't really care how 'sexy' the killing looks (space age electromagnetics or chemical reactions), provided it gets the job done significantly better than the last tech upgrade.[/quote] Which is why liquid propellants and Electrothermal-Chemical are on the list. Also why INC found the quality of the animation to be so sub par. [quote]Anyways, the real benefits of a railgun are significantly reduced ammo weight (since it's all shell) and, in theory (or theory dictated by current DARPA goals anyway) 10x higher shell velocity.[/quote] Except, possibly, for completely defeating molecular gas expansion limits. [/quote]