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US Army Awards General Atomics a Contract to Develop Railguns

Posted March 14, 2018 in Daily News, Defense, News by Hrachya H with 203 Comments

On March 1st, 2018 General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has announced that they have been awarded a US Army contract through the Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium (DOTC). The contract will allow the General Atomics to evaluate and develop [Read More…]

Real-Life Plasma Rounds… With Surprising Penetration in a Pill Sized Package!

Posted November 3, 2017 in Ammunition, Daily News, News, Press Releases, Rifles by Adam Scepaniak with 64 Comments

Plasma Rounds! Are they real? Or are they fake? Well, to cut a long story short they are real, but not quite on the magnitude where you can challenge a Death Star. One YouTuber by the name of NSA_Listbot has created his own railgun mostly from 3-D printed parts and can [Read More…]

World’s FIRST Automatic Railgun Tested by US Navy

Posted September 21, 2017 in Other Gear & Gadgets by Nathaniel F with 71 Comments

Yes, you don’t own a flying car, but at least some of the promises of the future are coming true: The United States Navy has successfully tested its railgun prototype in multi-shot (autoloading) mode, earlier this summer. Although the US Navy has been testing [Read More…]

New Colt Delta Elite Rail 10mm 1911

Posted January 9, 2017 in News, Pistols by Scott F with 30 Comments

In addition to bringing back the exciting Cobra revolver, Colt also has added a few more semi-auto pistols to the line-up in the form of 1911s. In this day and age of many and varied 1911 manufacturers It only make good sense that Colt should expand the 1911 line. The [Read More…]

Railguns the U.S. Navy Way

Posted February 12, 2015 in Guns & Gear, Other Gear & Gadgets by TFB Staffer with 59 Comments

Odds are I’m not the only one here who has experimented with a number of (legal) homemade creations. My list runs the gamut from the unique (trebuchet) to the expected (potato gun) but there’s one weapon one should only take on with at least a decent working [Read More…]

Railgun for the Navy

Posted April 9, 2014 in Ammunition, Guns & Gear, News by Nicholas C with 74 Comments

The Navy is testing an electromagnetic rail gun that can hurl a 23lb projectile over Mach 7. More information can be found here. Here is a test video of the gun and what the projectile can do.

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