Prospective weapons of the XXI century: what can they be?
What weapons will people fight, say, a quarter of a century later? Where will the development curve take them along this path, by what criteria will they be guided at that time sufficiently far from the present? Well, the most important question, why do we need it, will we need a weapon then? Global problems as they were, so will remain the same - uncontrolled population growth, and in poor countries exceeding that in the rich. Then the lack of food resources - clean water, meat, milk, flour, feed grain. Will be able to solve the food problem due to the intensification of agricultural production, well, for example, in-line growing chickens? The method has already been developed! In chickens, when a certain age is reached, the head is cut off - yes, they don’t need it, the air supply and nutrients of the tube are inserted into the cervical arteries and esophagus, and the sucker is hooked to the special stand . That is, he does not need to run, which reduces the space occupied by the chicks. Absolutely all physiological processes are controlled. By the way, the down and feathers from it fall off as superfluous, and we end up with a finished carcass, which we will only have to gut!
Martin Greer's carabine looks like this for now!
But ... whether it will solve the food problem, as well as the proposed disposal of pig manure in underground tanks, created by a nuclear explosion (!) Under salt layers? There are even more extravagant sentences, but they all contain many "would", which means they are quite far from reality.
Much more realistic is the assumption that people will continue to fight, but their weapons will increasingly depend on the dominant production technology. More recently, the dominant technology was the production of machine parts (and weapons!) On machine tools. Then it turned out that it was unprofitable to drive kg of steel into 5 chips in order to obtain a product weighing 900 grams and stamping and spot welding came to replace the cutting technology. Further - more: samples of the same small arms appeared, in which more and more parts are made of plastic. And already there is a speech and that in the 3D-press technology to do guns and automatic machines entirely. Why are there pistols ... grenade launchers and grenades for them, and even rockets and mines for mortars, are already trying to do on the 3D machines, and this works, although so far such “pleasure” is not cheap.
Well, what other trends exist today in the development of small arms, in addition to such a potential direction of its production, as printing 3D? After all, for the time being old samples are being printed that do not contain constructive novelties!
There are also some new items, and not all belong to the military field, but can be used in it. But let's start with the development of a purely military. It is reported that it is here in Russia that the development of hypersonic ammunition for handguns is about to be completed and this will be a revolution in weapons business. How they want to achieve this in the relevant press releases are not mentioned. At one time, the magazine “Technics of Youth” wrote that this is possible with the help of the so-called “gas shot”, in which not a gas pressure, but a shock wave in a gas, ejects a bullet. That is, the principle itself seems to be simple and clear. There is a tank, there is explosive and compressed inert gas in it, and a hole from the “tank” covers the bottom of the bullet. The charge is undermined, a shock wave arises in the gas, rushing at a tremendous speed, and here it just pushes the bullet out of the barrel. Such a principle will be implemented in this design or not - is still unknown. But the benefits are obvious: first of all, this is a long direct shot range and an increased penetrating power of the bullet. So to say, do not have time to blink, as you have already killed! Moreover, at a distance greater than is possible with the existing speed indicators of modern weapons.
Well - this all went well and sooner or later it should have ended. After all, in the middle of the XIX century, the speed of the bullet began to reach 400-500 m / s, and at the end of the rifle and machine guns, using smokeless powder, could ensure the speed of the bullets at the level of 700 - 800 m / s. Our “trilinek” had a speed of 865 - 870 m / s, the British rifle “Lee-Enfield” - 744 m / s, the Japanese “Arisaka” - 770 m / s. And this was considered to be a sufficient indicator, both for shooting at enemy infantry, and for defeating armored objects, but only when they were covered with thin armor. Lebel's rifle even had an initial speed of 610 – 700 m / s, but despite this it could hit group targets (as shown by the hostilities in Madagascar) even at a distance of 1800 m.! Our domestic sniper rifle CB-98 has a bullet speed equal to the speed of a three-line bullet and it is considered that this is enough for it to cope with “its duties”. The OSV-96 rifle has a caliber of 12,7-mm and a bullet speed, respectively, higher - 900 m / sec., But the target range is exactly the same as that of a Lebel rifle, however, fire from it is carried out on individual targets! That is, such a global trend as an increase in the speed of a bullet is evident today!
Another trend, however, is not directly related to weapons, it is ... electronic devices, rechargeable from the movement of the object on which (or in which) they are. It was reported that the United States DARPA Agency, known for its promising inventions, developed a device that generates electricity while in the pocket of a soldier. The soldier goes, the pendulum in the device oscillates and ... as a result, an electric current is generated, which goes to recharge the batteries "currents-wok" and other devices available to him. However, this is not today, but yesterday. Today we have created small devices without batteries in general, but which, nevertheless, are able to receive and reflect TV signals. According to Science News, scientists from the University of Washington have achieved an unprecedented breakthrough in the use of signals scattered in space. The new communication system differs from all existing ones in that it does not need external power wires or batteries for power supply. This technology has already received the name "ambient backscatter", which roughly can be translated as "using scattered signals." That is, in principle, this technology allows you to create a cartridge cartridge, in which there will be no batteries, but will be a microchip connected to the primer-igniter. Having received a signal from the outside transmitted by microwave radiation, this microchip will ignite the primer and, therefore, the munition itself. Which in turn avoids a hard mechanical connection between the chuck, bolt and drummer, beating on the primer. Ideally, this allows you to return ... to the guns loaded from the barrel of the XVII - XVIII centuries, but ... with a microchip in a burning case. You put it in the barrel, take aim and push the trigger, and the electronics do all the work for you!
And today multistep is becoming more and more popular. Recently, there were several reports in foreign media that, they say, very soon the Russians will have to fear not the M16 rifles, but weapons based on the innovative development of the American self-made Martin Martin Greer, who designed an automatic carbine with four to five barrels, and such a perfect system ammunition that he was destined to make a revolution in small arms of the XXI century.
What he did in the garage, and working at the Bed and Breakfast hotel in the city of Colorado Springs, in the US, does not frighten anyone. There, every work is considered honorable, if only you succeed. The prototype of this carbine was first shown at the SHOT 2018 arms exhibition in Las Vegas, and it was there that Pentagon experts showed an unexpected interest in this carbine. They saw in it, so to speak, a “fresh stream” in military invention. And indeed, there are a lot of differences from traditional structures in it. After all, it is a sleeveless, smooth-bore weapon, with an electromagnetic drive, which allowed the rate of fire of 250 to be achieved per second. Which, by the way, is also becoming a trend today, as it allows you to fire several bullets even before the shooter himself feels the impact of the shots. At the same time, Greer's carbine allows you to reach the speed of a bullet of the order of 3,5 Mach, that is, it will fly into the target three times faster than the speed of sound!
He received a patent for his development in 2016 year, and he spent 500 thousand dollars for the production of the current sample - a decent amount in all respects. By the way, after the Pentagon became interested in development, a rather delicate situation arose. Not only Greer himself, but many others expect that he will be able to return this money with a profit, otherwise no one else in the garage will create carbines. And the Pentagon runs the risk of losing potential self-taught voters, who happen to find diamonds in the mud. But to pay for something super-modern a lot of money is also reluctant. And how this spicy situation is resolved is not yet known.
Today, many developments are known, in which both gunpowder and bullet are placed separately, or the bullet and gunpowder are combined in the same ammunition, but ... it doesn’t have a sleeve at the same time. However, the design of Martin Greer is distinguished from them by the full automation of all the processes of reloading and firing, which are carried out on the basis of electromechanical devices. The traditional "mechanics", acting through the power of the shot, is not used.
On the carbine there is a special dispenser, which delivers gunpowder to the chamber, where the bullets are simultaneously inserted. Ignition of charges is carried out by an electric discharge, in all these operations the microprocessor built into the carbine is controlling.
The channels of the barrels are combined in the same block as in some samples of the 18th century multi-barreled weapons. At the same time, the weight-dimensional model of Greer weighs less than the rifle M16. That's just the presence of her battery power or battery causes many questions. Just as, incidentally, the protection of the microprocessor itself from the electromagnetic impulse of a nuclear explosion.
However, attention should be paid to something else, namely, indirectly, recognition by this very fact that the limit of perfection in mechanically driven weapons has been reached, and something fundamentally new is needed to transfer it to a new round of spiral development.
To be continued ...
Martin Greer's carabine looks like this for now!
But ... whether it will solve the food problem, as well as the proposed disposal of pig manure in underground tanks, created by a nuclear explosion (!) Under salt layers? There are even more extravagant sentences, but they all contain many "would", which means they are quite far from reality.
Much more realistic is the assumption that people will continue to fight, but their weapons will increasingly depend on the dominant production technology. More recently, the dominant technology was the production of machine parts (and weapons!) On machine tools. Then it turned out that it was unprofitable to drive kg of steel into 5 chips in order to obtain a product weighing 900 grams and stamping and spot welding came to replace the cutting technology. Further - more: samples of the same small arms appeared, in which more and more parts are made of plastic. And already there is a speech and that in the 3D-press technology to do guns and automatic machines entirely. Why are there pistols ... grenade launchers and grenades for them, and even rockets and mines for mortars, are already trying to do on the 3D machines, and this works, although so far such “pleasure” is not cheap.
Well, what other trends exist today in the development of small arms, in addition to such a potential direction of its production, as printing 3D? After all, for the time being old samples are being printed that do not contain constructive novelties!
There are also some new items, and not all belong to the military field, but can be used in it. But let's start with the development of a purely military. It is reported that it is here in Russia that the development of hypersonic ammunition for handguns is about to be completed and this will be a revolution in weapons business. How they want to achieve this in the relevant press releases are not mentioned. At one time, the magazine “Technics of Youth” wrote that this is possible with the help of the so-called “gas shot”, in which not a gas pressure, but a shock wave in a gas, ejects a bullet. That is, the principle itself seems to be simple and clear. There is a tank, there is explosive and compressed inert gas in it, and a hole from the “tank” covers the bottom of the bullet. The charge is undermined, a shock wave arises in the gas, rushing at a tremendous speed, and here it just pushes the bullet out of the barrel. Such a principle will be implemented in this design or not - is still unknown. But the benefits are obvious: first of all, this is a long direct shot range and an increased penetrating power of the bullet. So to say, do not have time to blink, as you have already killed! Moreover, at a distance greater than is possible with the existing speed indicators of modern weapons.
Well - this all went well and sooner or later it should have ended. After all, in the middle of the XIX century, the speed of the bullet began to reach 400-500 m / s, and at the end of the rifle and machine guns, using smokeless powder, could ensure the speed of the bullets at the level of 700 - 800 m / s. Our “trilinek” had a speed of 865 - 870 m / s, the British rifle “Lee-Enfield” - 744 m / s, the Japanese “Arisaka” - 770 m / s. And this was considered to be a sufficient indicator, both for shooting at enemy infantry, and for defeating armored objects, but only when they were covered with thin armor. Lebel's rifle even had an initial speed of 610 – 700 m / s, but despite this it could hit group targets (as shown by the hostilities in Madagascar) even at a distance of 1800 m.! Our domestic sniper rifle CB-98 has a bullet speed equal to the speed of a three-line bullet and it is considered that this is enough for it to cope with “its duties”. The OSV-96 rifle has a caliber of 12,7-mm and a bullet speed, respectively, higher - 900 m / sec., But the target range is exactly the same as that of a Lebel rifle, however, fire from it is carried out on individual targets! That is, such a global trend as an increase in the speed of a bullet is evident today!
Another trend, however, is not directly related to weapons, it is ... electronic devices, rechargeable from the movement of the object on which (or in which) they are. It was reported that the United States DARPA Agency, known for its promising inventions, developed a device that generates electricity while in the pocket of a soldier. The soldier goes, the pendulum in the device oscillates and ... as a result, an electric current is generated, which goes to recharge the batteries "currents-wok" and other devices available to him. However, this is not today, but yesterday. Today we have created small devices without batteries in general, but which, nevertheless, are able to receive and reflect TV signals. According to Science News, scientists from the University of Washington have achieved an unprecedented breakthrough in the use of signals scattered in space. The new communication system differs from all existing ones in that it does not need external power wires or batteries for power supply. This technology has already received the name "ambient backscatter", which roughly can be translated as "using scattered signals." That is, in principle, this technology allows you to create a cartridge cartridge, in which there will be no batteries, but will be a microchip connected to the primer-igniter. Having received a signal from the outside transmitted by microwave radiation, this microchip will ignite the primer and, therefore, the munition itself. Which in turn avoids a hard mechanical connection between the chuck, bolt and drummer, beating on the primer. Ideally, this allows you to return ... to the guns loaded from the barrel of the XVII - XVIII centuries, but ... with a microchip in a burning case. You put it in the barrel, take aim and push the trigger, and the electronics do all the work for you!
And today multistep is becoming more and more popular. Recently, there were several reports in foreign media that, they say, very soon the Russians will have to fear not the M16 rifles, but weapons based on the innovative development of the American self-made Martin Martin Greer, who designed an automatic carbine with four to five barrels, and such a perfect system ammunition that he was destined to make a revolution in small arms of the XXI century.
What he did in the garage, and working at the Bed and Breakfast hotel in the city of Colorado Springs, in the US, does not frighten anyone. There, every work is considered honorable, if only you succeed. The prototype of this carbine was first shown at the SHOT 2018 arms exhibition in Las Vegas, and it was there that Pentagon experts showed an unexpected interest in this carbine. They saw in it, so to speak, a “fresh stream” in military invention. And indeed, there are a lot of differences from traditional structures in it. After all, it is a sleeveless, smooth-bore weapon, with an electromagnetic drive, which allowed the rate of fire of 250 to be achieved per second. Which, by the way, is also becoming a trend today, as it allows you to fire several bullets even before the shooter himself feels the impact of the shots. At the same time, Greer's carbine allows you to reach the speed of a bullet of the order of 3,5 Mach, that is, it will fly into the target three times faster than the speed of sound!
He received a patent for his development in 2016 year, and he spent 500 thousand dollars for the production of the current sample - a decent amount in all respects. By the way, after the Pentagon became interested in development, a rather delicate situation arose. Not only Greer himself, but many others expect that he will be able to return this money with a profit, otherwise no one else in the garage will create carbines. And the Pentagon runs the risk of losing potential self-taught voters, who happen to find diamonds in the mud. But to pay for something super-modern a lot of money is also reluctant. And how this spicy situation is resolved is not yet known.
Today, many developments are known, in which both gunpowder and bullet are placed separately, or the bullet and gunpowder are combined in the same ammunition, but ... it doesn’t have a sleeve at the same time. However, the design of Martin Greer is distinguished from them by the full automation of all the processes of reloading and firing, which are carried out on the basis of electromechanical devices. The traditional "mechanics", acting through the power of the shot, is not used.
On the carbine there is a special dispenser, which delivers gunpowder to the chamber, where the bullets are simultaneously inserted. Ignition of charges is carried out by an electric discharge, in all these operations the microprocessor built into the carbine is controlling.
The channels of the barrels are combined in the same block as in some samples of the 18th century multi-barreled weapons. At the same time, the weight-dimensional model of Greer weighs less than the rifle M16. That's just the presence of her battery power or battery causes many questions. Just as, incidentally, the protection of the microprocessor itself from the electromagnetic impulse of a nuclear explosion.
However, attention should be paid to something else, namely, indirectly, recognition by this very fact that the limit of perfection in mechanically driven weapons has been reached, and something fundamentally new is needed to transfer it to a new round of spiral development.
To be continued ...
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