Futuristic Weapons

Baconsen wrote:

Rasq'uire'laskar wrote:

laxspartan007 wrote:we haz navy ships with railguns...that would work...also...HUMVEE WITH ACCUAL ARMOR OMG FUTUREISTIC!

Further proof that Laxspartan is living not only five years into the future, but five years in the past.

Or he just watched Transformers 2.
^_^

true but no...i watched a documentary and many History Channel shows, enough to where it influences my opinion/thoughts about Humvee Armor...

Didn't the show Future Weapons cover the kind of armor used on Humvees, and show that it was effectively IED proof, or something like that?

Ringleader wrote:

Rasq'uire'laskar wrote:OK, here's some actual tech that WORKS:
A laser illuminates a target and then pulses, heating up the air it passes through until it's a plasma (Takes less than a millisecond).
Electricity is then "Dumped" right into the plasma. As it is superconducting, the electricity travels along the line of plasma into the target.

Link?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolaser
http://ionatron.com/index.asp

Rotaretilbo wrote:Didn't the show Future Weapons cover the kind of armor used on Humvees, and show that it was effectively IED proof, or something like that?

It is now...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillbilly_armor#Iraq

Rasq'uire'laskar wrote:Damage: You're pumping tens of thousands of kilowatts through a tank. What's going to happen?

depends. If the electricity makes it through to the electronic systems, those are screwed. If it makes it to the crew, they are most likely screwed. You have to remember that on alot of terrain most of that energy is gonna go from the tank to the ground along the outer armor shell and through the treads(which is very conductive)

if it did though, you might see the treads and wheels all welded together in a couple of spots.

Rasq'uire'laskar wrote:

Ringleader wrote:

Rasq'uire'laskar wrote:OK, here's some actual tech that WORKS:
A laser illuminates a target and then pulses, heating up the air it passes through until it's a plasma (Takes less than a millisecond).
Electricity is then "Dumped" right into the plasma. As it is superconducting, the electricity travels along the line of plasma into the target.

Link?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolaser
http://ionatron.com/index.asp

Rotaretilbo wrote:Didn't the show Future Weapons cover the kind of armor used on Humvees, and show that it was effectively IED proof, or something like that?

It is now...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillbilly_armor#Iraq

thats fairly new, i watch the History Channel, history = past so you cant blame me...

Kasrkin Seath wrote:

Rasq'uire'laskar wrote:Damage: You're pumping tens of thousands of kilowatts through a tank. What's going to happen?

depends. If the electricity makes it through to the electronic systems, those are screwed. If it makes it to the crew, they are most likely screwed. You have to remember that on alot of terrain most of that energy is gonna go from the tank to the ground along the outer armor shell and through the treads(which is very conductive)

if it did though, you might see the treads and wheels all welded together in a couple of spots.

True.
But... with ERA and all... and if you aimed for IR sights...

Rasq'uire'laskar wrote:

Kasrkin Seath wrote:

Rasq'uire'laskar wrote:Damage: You're pumping tens of thousands of kilowatts through a tank. What's going to happen?

depends. If the electricity makes it through to the electronic systems, those are screwed. If it makes it to the crew, they are most likely screwed. You have to remember that on alot of terrain most of that energy is gonna go from the tank to the ground along the outer armor shell and through the treads(which is very conductive)

if it did though, you might see the treads and wheels all welded together in a couple of spots.

True.
But... with ERA and all... and if you aimed for IR sights...

Then you would have fried tank

Seen it. Already saved to hard drive...

But THIS... No raghead or MBT on Earth will dare oppose it...

touche'