In the USA, they are preparing a supergun with a firing range of 1800 km

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The US is going to create an "1000 Mile Cannon." About a bold project, Popular Mechanics magazine writes.





The US Army is implementing bold new proposals. Another unusual project involves the development of a super-gun with a firing range of at least 1000 miles. Such a weapon, along with hypersonic systems, will be responsible for hitting remote targets inaccessible to other weapons of the army.

About the new project reports the publication Defense News. Information about him was obtained from Colonel John Rafferty, the head of the army program to increase the firing range. The officer said that a new type of gun will be able to beat on 1000 nautical miles (more than 1800 km). However, the project will have to use such bold and advanced technologies that the cost of the product may turn out to be unacceptably high.

The first tests of the new system will take place shortly at the Naval Support Facility Dahlgren site. Earlier, a rail gun for the Navy was tested at this training ground.

How exactly it is planned to provide a range of 1000 miles is unknown. The most advanced of the US serial artillery systems, the M109A6 Paladin self-propelled gun, sends a projectile only for 25 miles. The long-range gun of World War II - the German 80-mm Dora - showed a range of 28 miles. At the end of the eighties, Gerald Bull commissioned Iraq to create a System 350 supergun with an estimated range of 265 miles, but this project was not completed.

The current project of the 1000-mile cannon first gained fame last year, when a report on the prospects of artillery systems got into the public domain. This document indicated that the gun should use an active rocket. It should receive acceleration from powder gases, and then turn on its own rocket engine.

Colonel Rafferty points out that the new project is built on well-known solutions, but uses them on a different scale. Thus, a large-caliber active-reactive projectile can receive a large charge of solid fuel, sufficient to significantly increase the flight range.


The barrel of the created gun, according to Popular Mechanics


The gun itself should be a traditional receiver system. Recycling an existing rail gun to meet new requirements is unlikely. It is unlikely that the railgun can provide the required range, and in addition, it needs a huge amount of electricity. In this regard, it is much more profitable to burn gunny caps.

The army indicates that a shell for an 1000 mile gun will cost 400-500 thousand dollars. This also indicates the use of traditional gun architecture. The rail gun does not need complex and expensive ammunition - unlike the long-range receiver system.

New weapon should be a response to recent changes in the military-political situation. Particular attention must now be paid to possible conflicts between developed powers. The 1000 mile gun will give the U.S. Army special capabilities. In particular, it will be possible to attack remote targets without involving the Air Force.

So far, the project is in its early stages. Testing of the components will begin soon, and the entire experimental system will be tested in 2023. After testing, the army will decide whether it needs a new gun with special capabilities and a record price.
  • Christopher Brecht / US Army
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  1. +18
    17 October 2019 15: 08
    Here it is the realization of the saying money is in the pipe.
    1. +4
      17 October 2019 15: 36
      I look at the photo of the “secret science laboratory”.
      A hard worker in a pea coat (although like Be Virginia in the latitude of southern Italy and today there is + 22 in the shade, Virgin froze), the lining is seized with a rusty clamp, on the left there is a platform for transporting a wunderwaffle worth space money, even by the standards of the general generator, to a secret training ground. He prudently conceals the secret circle of the future with an old piece of blue polyethylene, which is hidden from the ubiquitous satellites of China and Russia. And the laboratory itself is made of a torn professional sheet, probably a BU from Mexico, specially purchased by the United States Department of Defense.
      1. 0
        17 October 2019 15: 45
        Quote: Leeds
        And the laboratory itself is made of a torn professional sheet, probably a BU from Mexico, specially purchased by the US Department of Defense.

        A tactical missile is worse? And much more mobile.
        1. -5
          17 October 2019 15: 49
          Quote: Mountain Shooter
          Quote: Leeds
          And the laboratory itself is made of a torn professional sheet, probably a BU from Mexico, specially purchased by the US Department of Defense.

          A tactical missile is worse? And much more mobile.

          And on rails saving. Forest is not cheap now.
        2. +2
          17 October 2019 16: 16
          Most likely internal graters:
          1000 mile gun will give armies US special features. In particular, it will be possible to attack remote targets without attract Air force.

          Apparently a purely army development (US Army), to the peak of the flyers (USAF).
        3. +1
          17 October 2019 17: 51
          Quote: Mountain Shooter
          Quote: Leeds
          And the laboratory itself is made of a torn professional sheet, probably a BU from Mexico, specially purchased by the US Department of Defense.

          A tactical missile is worse? And much more mobile.

          And, most importantly, much cheaper. The Yankees followed the path of Hitler's "wunderwolf". We have already passed "Douro" and "Gustav". Their end was inglorious - into smelting.


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          1. -8
            17 October 2019 21: 40
            Quote: Piramidon
            Quote: Mountain Shooter
            Quote: Leeds
            And the laboratory itself is made of a torn professional sheet, probably a BU from Mexico, specially purchased by the US Department of Defense.

            A tactical missile is worse? And much more mobile.

            And, most importantly, much cheaper. The Yankees followed the path of Hitler's "wunderwolf". Douro and Gustav

            I understand that you are still young and early?
            Didn’t you know the bull’s gun?
            It is so?
            Manuals were not, right?
            1. -1
              18 October 2019 10: 08
              Quote: SovAr238A
              Manuals were not, right?

              Congratulations. We learned at school a new word - "training manual" and now you insert it everywhere, to the place and out of place.
              I understand that you are still young and early?

              Misunderstand
            2. +1
              18 October 2019 12: 01
              Quote: SovAr238A
              Didn’t you know the bull’s gun?

              And where is she? How did she show herself? Only in dreams.
        4. +1
          17 October 2019 18: 11
          The rocket has electronics, and the shell (bullet fool)
          1. +1
            17 October 2019 18: 43
            If with a solid fuel accelerator, then in any case it is a planning projectile with all the same electronics.
      2. +1
        17 October 2019 15: 55
        The M109A6 Paladin has a barrel length of 23 calibres (155 mm) - it shoots 25 miles.
        The new gun shoots for 1000 miles. Judging by the photo, the caliber of the new gun is about 1000mm.
        Using simple calculations, we get the barrel length of the super-gun 142 meters and the projectile - more than 30 meters. smile
        1. +5
          17 October 2019 16: 04
          Saddam's "Big Babylon" decided to "revive". Even the parameters are very similar.

        2. +2
          17 October 2019 19: 58
          Not really with such dimensions. Anyway, the rocket turns out. it is possible to save money at the first step, although it is doubtful
      3. +4
        17 October 2019 17: 22
        Quote: Leeds
        I look at the photo of the “secret science laboratory”.
        A hard worker in a pea coat (although like Be Virginia in the latitude of southern Italy and today there is + 22 in the shade, Virgin froze), the lining is seized with a rusty clamp, on the left there is a platform for transporting a wunderwaffle worth space money, even by the standards of the general generator, to a secret training ground. He prudently conceals the secret circle of the future with an old piece of blue polyethylene, which is hidden from the ubiquitous satellites of China and Russia. And the laboratory itself is made of a torn professional sheet, probably a BU from Mexico, specially purchased by the United States Department of Defense.

        I have the same thoughts, a photo, in my opinion, from somewhere in Murmansk or around!
      4. +3
        17 October 2019 18: 03
        Quote: Leeds
        I look at the photo of the “secret science laboratory”.

        In the photo, the operation of inspection of the igniter. With an acoustic test.
      5. +3
        17 October 2019 19: 00
        The officer said that a new type of gun will be able to hit 1000 nautical miles (more than 1800 km).

        Munchausen, Mlyn!

        I'll leave the cannon in the sky
        Digi Digi Do, Digi Digi Do!
  2. +7
    17 October 2019 15: 20
    I immediately remembered the novel "500 Million Begums". Jules Verne in the grave was already spinning with envy for the fantasies of the authors of the project.
    1. +3
      17 October 2019 16: 37
      Quote: KVU-NSVD
      I immediately remembered the novel "500 Million Begums". Jules Verne in the grave was already spinning with envy for the fantasies of the authors of the project.


      There is still an idea from Jules Verne. We need to make a car to drill the Earth and come to the surface right in the Kremlin, with a landing naturally. The command will be Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. Green berets, commando / corby / coordinates (s) and other blockbuster heroics.
      1. +4
        17 October 2019 22: 09
        And here, Russian citizens McGregor and Seagal will meet them with their non-movie tricks.
    2. +1
      18 October 2019 15: 12
      Quote: KVU-NSVD
      I immediately remembered the novel "500 Million Begums".

      Jules Verne also has a profile novel "From the Cannon to the Moon"! hi
      hmmm in 2025 the US was about to land on the moon, and then on Mars ... coincidence? belay I do not think No.
  3. +2
    17 October 2019 15: 22
    So they will get to the level of Munchausen. They will land troops on the cores and forth. What is the savings on BTA get.
  4. +8
    17 October 2019 15: 24
    why did they choke with horseradish or collapse from an oak tree? what are 1000 miles? their planes still don't fly 1000 miles, do they want to launch shells? * twisted a finger at the temple * not really quite fyut already request
  5. +6
    17 October 2019 15: 24
    The railgun on frigates did not enter, now they decided to land on land
  6. +1
    17 October 2019 15: 25
    Something it all reminds me of ....
    1. -3
      17 October 2019 15: 44
      Quote: Azazelo
      Something it all reminds me of ....

      Pipe from Vyksa pipe rolling plant.
      1. +3
        17 October 2019 15: 46
        Yes, no .... after the defeat is already on the horizon, you need to invent and tell tales about the wunderwaffles that will lead to victory .... because there is nothing more.
    2. +3
      17 October 2019 15: 52
      Quote: Azazelo
      Something it all reminds me of ....

      DORA!!! In 1936, while visiting the Krupp factory, Adolf Hitler demanded that the concern's management create an ultra-powerful weapon to destroy the French Maginot line and the Belgian border forts (such as Fort Eben-Emael). The gun was supposed to have an angle of vertical guidance of + 65 ° and a maximum range of 35-45 km, and the shell of the gun was supposed to pierce the armor 1 m thick, concrete 7 m thick and hard ground 30 m.
      And five years later he attacked the USSR ... hi
      1. -1
        17 October 2019 15: 55
        What they said to do, he did. But that is not the topic for this article. It just inspired me.
    3. +3
      17 October 2019 16: 30
      Quote: Azazelo
      Something it all reminds me of ....

      it reminds Hitler Germany before the collapse. Adik nehilo so dreamed of a superweapon, and raved about gigantism - the Mouse Tank, Dora’s cannon, which was transported on 5 echelons and served up to 4000 people. And all that.
  7. +6
    17 October 2019 15: 27
    Why such a small projectile range? It is necessary that the projectile flying around the planet at the equator fall exactly near the gun carriage wassat
  8. +4
    17 October 2019 15: 32
    Let them spend the budget on all sorts of idiotic and meaningless projects. You are on the right path mattress covers, the wind is in your ... in the back.
    1. +7
      17 October 2019 15: 42
      Duc ... the goal is not to craft a gun. This "cannon" has a different purpose, namely, providing the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the sawmill developers with funds for a comfortable existence.
    2. -6
      17 October 2019 15: 47
      Such projects are the development of new technologies and theoretical justifications. At the same time, as they say, the wrong result is also the result. And on which projects the Russian budget is spent
      1. +6
        17 October 2019 16: 03
        (Colonel Rafferty points out that the new project is built on well-known solutions, but uses them on a different scale.) .. Well, where is the new technology? As an option, I suggest the Americans build a three-story tank Abrams laughing It will exactly meet the definition, the project is built on well-known solutions, but uses them on a different scale. wassat
  9. +13
    17 October 2019 15: 40
    Colonel Rafferty points out that the new project is built on well-known solutions, but uses them on a different scale. Thus, a large-caliber active-reactive projectile can receive a large charge of solid fuel, sufficient to significantly increase the flight range.

    And then projects 2000 will go - mile, 3000 mile and other thousand-mile guns. And each time the charge of the TT in the projectile will increase and increase. And in order to preserve the mass and dimensions of the projectile within reason, this will be done due to the thickness of the shell walls. As a result, so that the next projectile can withstand overload during a shot, the developers will reduce the propellant charge to zero: let the projectile from the very beginning accelerate due to its own jet engine on this very large solid fuel charge. And at the same time and facilitate the gun barrel.
    So the US Army will again invent ballistic missiles.
  10. +1
    17 October 2019 15: 52
    Well, the dimensions of both the guns and the projectile are not named, so they may very well, given the active-missile projectile.
  11. +2
    17 October 2019 15: 57
    It is unlikely that the railgun will be able to provide the required range, and in addition, it needs a huge amount of electricity
    why so? If we install it, say, at our floating nuclear power plant, then there will be enough energy laughing
  12. +2
    17 October 2019 16: 00
    The long-range gun of World War II - the German 80-mm Dora - showed a range of 28 miles.

    Author, were you wrong with Dora’s caliber? Maybe 800 mm?
  13. +1
    17 October 2019 16: 07
    Someone else has nothing more to do.
  14. +2
    17 October 2019 16: 07
    It will become more expensive than the corresponding BR with a similar warhead along with the installation.
    1. +1
      17 October 2019 16: 24
      It can only be used from the platform of the ship, but I know from which
      1. +2
        17 October 2019 16: 28
        2000km is a 5 axis MZKT
        1. +1
          17 October 2019 19: 35
          Judging by the fact that this shell will be launched from a railgun at a range of 1800 kilometers - there the size of the shell will be comparable
          the dimensions of the Iskander rocket.
  15. +2
    17 October 2019 16: 13
    What is it? Another episode of the feature film "Back to the Future"?
    FAA-3
    "Big Babylon" Bull
  16. 0
    17 October 2019 16: 14
    Colonel John Rafferty
    Previously, the song was popular in it were the following words:
    "... Dreamer! You called me ... "
  17. 0
    17 October 2019 16: 25
    "Popular Mechanics", "Technology of Youth", what other serious magazines would you recommend to read?
  18. +1
    17 October 2019 16: 27
    Rave. Somewhere, I already saw and heard it. laughing
  19. +2
    17 October 2019 16: 55
    Hitler, in the last months of the war, also threatened everyone with super-bombs, super-bombs and super-tanks. Raised, so to speak, the mood of all, and the profit of military factories.
    Although, of course, Trump vryatit will take potassium cyanide. Rather, it will transfer its assets to offshore.
    1. +1
      17 October 2019 17: 49
      Quote: Berkut24
      Hitler, in the last months of the war, also threatened everyone with super-bombs, super-bombs and super-tanks. Raised, so to speak, everyone's mood

      You said that correctly. "Project Hitler", it was a new topic for the redivision of the world. What we are now seeing. True, the scale is not the same and the players are worn out, but the meaning is the same. Only people die no less. But the super weapon was invented by the Americans. What is it for?
  20. 0
    17 October 2019 16: 57
    Well, well, let them invent it until the modernized Iskander in the ass
  21. +1
    17 October 2019 17: 09
    You need to attract Munchausen - he will teach you.
    Anyway - a shell for a half a million greens - not cool ... you need more expensive!
    Well, you write it under Khokhloma and the grandmother (share) will be, and the result ... the same ...
  22. +2
    17 October 2019 17: 14
    1000 miles is the first step in the secret US plan to conquer the moon and it is called "Jules Verne - Dreams Come True"))) WHAT !!!! - astronaut in the barrel and shot to the moon for only 500 thousand bucks !!! Don't believe me? And the Pentagon generals believe and they boldly ask for funding under the STE business))))
  23. +1
    17 October 2019 18: 18
    Here he really drank! Why use OTC rockets? :) Let's invent a miracle gun! :)
  24. +3
    17 October 2019 18: 26
    In place of the Yankees allies, I would be horrified - where should they go when artillery innovators start shooting and try to capture the target in the plug? And if they forget the correction for the rotation of the Earth? And what if the meteorological messed up?
    1. 0
      17 October 2019 19: 37
      It will be a guided missile.
      1. -1
        17 October 2019 21: 10
        It will be a guided missile - a rocket

        Sorry! Then the amas would position their project as the RIAC. Now imagine - the ams have mastered the loot - they created an artvunderwaflu for a special power supply unit. What to do with it? Use it yourself? Oxx! The way out? As with the Fu-35 - to swallow the satellites. For an adequate price. To whom, for example? Yes, the same logs. Pepper logs - Kaliningrad between the teeth. Zhahnem! But here's the bad luck - a pro of military affairs only in the film Rudy and our plays. Anyway. Zhahnuli. World news broadcasts - Zelensky after the shelling (where it came from is unknown, but from where if not from Donetsk ?!) such as separators was seen running naked on Khreschatyk with a toilet on his head. Shame! Power is immediately seized by the piglet. The Minister of Defense at the same moment Trupchinov. In 5 minutes the order to take the Kremlin in 48 hours. The mess began, and someone (who - comments are superfluous) shoveled it off in full (suffered numerous irrevocable). Against this background, Crimea quite justifiably (taking into account the rapidly developing situation), having realized where the ears stick out from, leaves from "Porter", while in the port of Odessa the melody "Today is a holiday for girls, today there are dances in the club", some oil stains on the waves. So, what is next? Cockroach civilization? This is all nonsense, of course, but a fairy tale is a lie, but there is a hint in it ...
  25. -5
    17 October 2019 21: 39
    Gerald Vincent Bull was still right?
    and ahead of his time by 40 years?
    Did the Israelites clearly understand the danger of his genius?
  26. +2
    17 October 2019 21: 39
    And why not just a million miles?))) The more zeros, the cooler))
  27. +1
    17 October 2019 23: 30
    More like testing new technologies, rather than development.
  28. +1
    18 October 2019 09: 08
    Quote: Flatter
    wrong result, also a result.

    A great excuse for any idiocy.
  29. +1
    18 October 2019 12: 14
    That is, at high elevation angles, is this cannon capable of shelling the firmament? An insult to the feelings of believers, however!
  30. +1
    18 October 2019 13: 47
    nifiga is not know-how .. back in the century before last, people were going to fly from a cannon to the moon .. for sure, I read it in a book. So here - the Americans are GOING to make a super-gun .. they can’t fly to the moon, so let the smoke be thinner .... at least 1800 km.
  31. 0
    18 October 2019 14: 25
    From such a gun it is convenient to bombard cities, schools, hospitals. As they love. It is not suitable for battle. The target of 1800 km will not stand still.

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