PRC/PLAN Laser and Rail Gun Development Thread

Quickie

Colonel
I'm actually convinced the round came from the left side of the picture.

The case in point is the sequence of pictures posted by AssassinsMaze, here

https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/effectiveness-of-wheeled-atgms-carriers.t96/page-4#post-448908,

from which the picture in discussion came from.

In the pictures it clearly show the rounds were fired from the left side of the picture (i.e. the cameraman in the foreground) with all the targets on the right side. There's just no reason to change firing directions of the targets in the middle of an exercise. And the way the billowing smoke of the explosion were blowing in the same manner and direction indicates that the pictures were taken at about the same time of the day.
 

jobjed

Captain
Not a laser, but might very well be the first experimental naval railgun of the PLAN.

I think this is a more appropriate thread. Included photos are also slightly larger than the CJDBY versions.

38XxybB.jpg

mr47KVT.jpg

u5JXL8C.jpg

Fa2sPoc.jpg

1a0myVu.jpg



General consensus at the moment is this is a railgun prototype and the containers seen on deck are the power supply units. Speculation is also rife that an LST was chosen to be the testbed because the usual test ship's electricity generation was insufficient to power the gun and it didn't have enough free deck space to host auxiliary generators.
 
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latenlazy

Brigadier
I think this is a more appropriate thread. Included photos are also slightly larger than the CJDBY versions.

38XxybB.jpg

mr47KVT.jpg

u5JXL8C.jpg

Fa2sPoc.jpg

1a0myVu.jpg



General consensus at the moment is this is a railgun prototype and the containers seen on deck are the power supplies. Speculation is also rife that an LST was chosen to be the testbed because the usual test ship's electricity generation was insufficient to power the gun and it didn't have enough free deck space to host auxiliary generators.
I wonder what the muzzle energy of the weapon is...
 
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