*★★★ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VIDEO ★★★* *1) How did a camera track a projectile at Mach 7* - A lot of people asked this questions, so I did a follow up video showing how it's done - ukposts.info/have/v-deo/mmdjjo2Ea5lqlac.html *2) What is the smoke coming out of the railgun* - That is metal on metal contact from the round going down the shaft of the gun, hence why shooting this gun starts tearing apart the barrel. *3) At **0:50** I say "a velocity of 45 hundred mph". But the comparison photo at **1:05** show 5,600mph* - The information in my narration was from my research, the animation in the video was from an older video, I actually did not notice the speed difference in the animation. if I had noticed it during editing I would have fixed it. my mistake. *4) In the video I say “Using only energy as it’s propellant“ people are confused by this as even gun powder is a form of energy* - True, but when I wrote that line in my script it seemed logical to say that energy aka *(electricity)* is it's propellant. it may have been a poor choice of words, but it seemed right at the time when I was writing it. we all make mistakes. I am sure won't be my last :) *5) What a waste of $500 Million, that money could of been used on Schools, Hospitals, Veterans or the homeless* - Yes it could have, but it wasn't, and never will, because the Government will always spend money on the military and Research and Development projects. No matter how much the general public does not like it, no matter who they vote into office, that will always stay the same. You cannot be the most powerful military in the world without spending money on R&D.

40000 bc: man throws stone 2020 ad: man throws stone faster

"Most powerful railgun they're allowed to show us"

You can see why this weapon is such a wet dream for sci-fi gun nerds, especially when it comes to concepts for handheld versions. That's an anti-tank rifle that does damage exclusively with the power of momentum. No fancy metals, no explosives. Just a metal dart or ball that moves extremely fast. That's insane.

Can we talk about that insane camera for a second? Tracked the projectile through the air at mach 7 perfectly smooth with extreme slow motion?

This just proves that we haven't really evolved out of throwing stones at each other. We just became really good at it.

imagine being a fish just doing fish shit and then all of a sudden a projectile from two oceans away just obliterates you.

That one Japanese kid with a coin: Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power

“Those can put a round clean through a Covenant ship.”

"Ripping a hole through whatever it was aimed at" *aims it at a hole*

When you miss the target your aiming for and end up hitting something 2 country’s away

Big Mom is eating this now

Eustass captain kid must’ve seen this

Ship 100 miles out in the ocean: "Wow it's really nice to be all alone out here, enjoying a nice peaceful day on the ocean without a railgun in sight."

"MAC rounds? In atmosphere?" "It's one way to get their attention."

Superconductors are definitely in the future of practical railguns.

Eustass Kid brought me here

awwww, an eco friendly death machine!

"The greatest advantage of an EM railgun... is the safety aspect"

finally a video that explains it concisely without screaming in your ears for 10 minutes, ty :)

Bigmom will become donut

"With only energy as its propellant" I know what you're saying; but that's the description of everything that has and will ever move ever...

"Develop a railgun that uses less power" That's not very American of you.

Who is here for Kidd!

I'm here because of Eustass Kidd Chapter 1039 One Piece 🤣

"The greatest advantage of an EM railgun... is the safety aspect"... That's definitely "not" what the guys on the opposing end of that cannon said.

The best aspect is actually the fact that the ammo is about a billion times cheaper to make than conventional projectiles.

Your here to look at what Kid hit Big Mom with aint you🙂🙂🔥

The latest chapter of One Piece sent me here. LOL

Make the barrels out of old Nokia phones and it should be good to go.

The camera systems that track/record these supersonic or even hypersonic projectiles is impressive.

Fun fact: that fire and smoke from the barrel is not necessarily from firing the weapon. The projectile is generating so much friction in the air that the air is literally catching on fire.

Just remember this is a general purpose test gun. Covers a broad range of possibilities. Doesn't show you the developed models. And those are insane in capabilities. I just remember 4 kilometers per second limit. Past that and ordinance disintegrates in atmosphere in tests. And the sheer violence the gun goes through. Coil gun would be the solution,and I'm betting they exist already. And are the actual result of this development.

Not gonna lie, these Railguns are an excuse for battleships to make a comeback, massive warships dedicated to railgun use.

2:56 Looks like a low-poly model you’d see in the background of a video game.

Who's here after one piece 1039? Haha

Let me just say some punk brought me here

“Lieutenant! Get aboard! We have to get the hell out of here!” “Negative. I have the gun, good luck sir.” “Good luck to you spartan.”

That ship literally looks like it’s texture is missing

Who came to see eustass kid's true power in one piece

I am here because of Kid from one piece.

Yeah that's great and all. "But, does it come in black?"

This is the equivalent of “how dead do you want your target?”

Ah yes, Kidd awakening

This is one of the most powerful gun ever designed. Developed in France the first time during 1918, thig gun can launch a projectile to Mach 7 at a range around 200km. Americans: we can't spend more over this project, it's unrealistic. Chinese: we have already made functional prototypes, we're going to produce the final mass-producing version of it. When the difference between success and failure is a matter of money and who have more decide to fail no matter what. I feel pity for the American engineers that are exploited by corporations and discredited by the American armed forces. 😑 They deserve definitely more credits for their work, and more money to finish it. As Furlan, there's no things that upset me more than an unfinished work.

If the ships have flex tape.. the rail gun has no chance..

“Literally tears itself apart”, reminds me of the super cannon the Ottomans used at the siege of Constantinople, that thing blew up after too many uses.

Big Mom stood no chance LMAO

Every time this fires I just imagine a soldier saying "CEASE"

Sorry, NAVY. This one's got SPACE FORCE written all over it. Why put it on a ship when you could put it on a SHIP.

Just imagine your on some remote island living it up and all of a sudden your house just gets erased from existance by something that was shot like a whole ocean away

This looks like its Level 5.

ship captain: our railgun is the most accurate and devastating weapon ever. after few shots: our guns are so devastating we need to head back to our base for barrel replacement

"using only energy as its propellent" Newtonians: duh

This is the exact equivalent of “he aint dead enough yet”

Idk if anyone reads one piece but that's what kid did to big mom

Railgun in America: well this is wholesome, what an Amazing invention. Railgun in Japan: Yamete Kudasai. >///

The real question is... How many lemon batteries would it take to fire this thing at full power at least once?

"I need to get me one of these for home defense" - Texans (probably) 😂

Hello Wonder World, since no one has answered the "What Happened in One Piece 1039" question i guess i'll try to myself: To sum up the current One Piece Arc & Chapter to a non-fan (i'm assuming) some characters are facing off against 2 of "The 4 Emperors", kings of the sea that have ruled for decades, the pirates Eustass Kid & Trafalgar Law faced the Emperor "Big Mom", and in short words both Kid & Law showed off some crazy attacks, Kid delivered the final blow with his "Damned Punk" which is a Railgun he created using his Magnetic Power.

Railguns: Using electricity to fire projectiles. EMP weapons: Allow us to introduce ourselves.

"Total cost (of research over a decade) exceeding 500 million dollars." That's...actually quite cheap when you think about it, compared to a certain shitty jet.

misaka mikoto looking different than i remember

“Using only energy as it’s propellant…” EVERY firearm uses energy as its propellant - just a different form of energy.

One piece 1039

Can I buy it for concealed carry?

We live in a time where we can say: "Yeah remember this from science-fiction? It's reality now."

Kidd top 15 after he whipped this out

Would it be possible to magnetically stabilize the projectile inside the barrel sort of like maglev trains? Frictionless railgun sounds like impossible awesomeness!

Imagine a 21st century battleship with 9 of these bad boys in 3 turrets lol

Dear Santa....

Anyone here cause of OP chapter 1039?

While there’s no way to stop the rails from destroying themselves, one potential solution (by no means cost effective) would be to design the charging rails to take as much of the stress from the firing cycle as possible, and be removable, so that the rails can be replaced, potentially mid-combat. The friction force from the shot needs to go somewhere, so if you can isolate the friction and wear to the rails, you have a clear cut component that can be used as a sink and replaced. Obviously, the rails are extremely heavy and in a combat situation would be extremely hot, which is why I think if there was some way to slide the rails out from the end of the barrel and replace them by way of a mechanical crane or some such device, it could extend the service life of the final deployed weapon. Seeing as the rails last about 10 shots, any ship that was armed with this gun even in a more advanced state of development would need to be kitted with an extensive array of equipment and personnel entirely devoted to the gun, similar to the Schweyer-Gustav railway cannon from the Second World War. I am no expert, and I have no way of assessing how such a modification could be achieved as I have no information on the cannon’s design, but I think this may be somewhat plausible.

Damn the projectile is fast but the cameraman running alongside it and filming is just built different I guess

Normal people: War never change Weebs: good now do it with a coin using your fingers...

Will destroy Land, Sea, and Air Target ... OP Lovers : wonder how Kaido will react if He got smack by that. Kid : I've already did that to Big Mom. ... the result is ... you must wait for chapter 1040 to come out.

Railguns are cool, I just don’t know why video games tend to think of railguns as automatic energy blasting shooty poopers.. still cool though..

Home defense When the bad guy is threatening your family from across the Atlantic ocean c:

-How is this hi tech weapon powered? -taxe...lectricity!

BAE Systems really is a pioneer in defense technology!

i cant be the only one here to understand how powerful Kid's attack was on 1039....

"4) What is the smoke coming out of the railgun - That is metal on metal contact from the round going down the shaft of the gun, hence why shooting this gun starts tearing apart the barrel." WD-40?

If this is the cool shit they're allowing us to see, imagine the even cooler shit we cant see.

That was the coolest thing I've seen in awhile

Nicely done. Thank you.

"Their most powerful cannon" You mean "Their most powerful public cannon"

*slaps roof of the railgun* "this bad boy can fit so many MW's in it"

Sadly this took so long that hypersonic weaponry has rendered railguns "obsolete" due to their range and their much lower supposed electricity usage if I recall correctly.

Railguns in movies: looked very advanced and has colors when fired Railguns in reality: basically a cannon with an extreme firing velocity

Stick two of these bad bois on a tank and we got ourselves a mammoth tank!

Now THIS is a Level 5.

Amazing power and accuracy.There is no way I would want to be on the wrong side of this beast.Hopefully in time the problems with erosion is solved.America will always work to better arm our military.

0:17 "Using only energy as propellant." Nonsensical if you think about it.

Is this nail gun available at home depot now ??

Worth every penny

I'm here because the newest chapter of onepiece LoL

The truth Railgun is Misaka Mikoto

Attack on Titan would've turned out rather differently with these on top of the walls

Who's here after One Piece chapter 1039??!

awesome video thank you