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Ultimate Firearm : Million-plus Rounds Per Minute

May 28th, 2006        

To the human ear, the sound of 180 bullets being fired in less than one-hundredth of a second is perceived as one enormous noise. ODwyers revolutionary weapons concept is based on an electronically fired gun-and-launcher design with multiple rounds stacked in a single barrel which can lay down a million-plus rounds per minute. The only moving parts are the bullets themselves. Info after the break.

Equipped with a fingerprint-based user-ID system the concept weapon allows on-the-fly selection of different rounds for different situations. The single barrel can hold multiple rounds consisting of both lethal and non-lethal capabilities. A 36-barrel firing prototype, named Bertha by Mike, is a perfect blend of electronic controllability, accuracy and precision.

[Via PopularMechanics]

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  • cody

    I saw that on the discovery channel.