DARPA is always coming up with cool stuff. Some eventually becomes operational, and some is just a neat concept that doesn’t really have a military future. I’m not sure yet where on the spectrum this falls.
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So how long does a .50 BMG round retain enough energy to be lethal? Because that’s going to be effective sniping range once this hits the field.
Out to and beyond the capability of sniper optics, I would imagine. I believe the round is something like 720 grain. But, I would love to have it on a vehicle with CROW or RWS optics. Imagine a 6-9 round burst of this stuff following an infantry squad!
I retired to early……I need some ballistic therapy 🙁
I wonder what the range and impact energy trade off is? The .50 will be useful, but I see more applications for 20 and 30mm, maybe even bigger. It could be really useful in naval applications as well. Hopefully its practically priced to let it be more than a silver bullet.
OTO-Breda had 40- and 76mm versions of this back in the late 80’s / early 90’s.