The state -owned weapons manufacturer China South Industries Group (CSGC) has released footage of its electromagnetic coil pistol. It is assumed to be able to fire 3,000 cartridges per minute, the prototype is a major technical jump in the portable directed energy weapon.
Once refined, the new weapon can play a key role in military and order application. The coil pistol is a linear engine that uses electromagnets to accelerate the projectile to high speed.
It is essentially a type of mass guide in which the projectile starts from magnetic forces, not from traditional gunpowder or explosives. According to reports, the new Chinese weapon uses lithium-ion batteries instead of conventional capacitors to supply electromagnetic windings.
This weapon debuted just a few years after another Chinese coil pistol, CS/LW21, was discovered in 2023. Another hand-held electromagnetic coil pistol, CS/LW21 was developed by China North Industries Group (NORINCO) to control disorders and not-summer use. This weapon uses a nine-speed coil powered by an internal lithium-ion battery to activate coins with no traditional gunpowder.
Far beyond the AK-47
However, the latest coil pistol, developed by the PLA Army Engineering University, has an unprecedented design without capacitors, which allows for a prolonged quick fire, a historical restriction on the development of coil weapons. As per report in Southern China in the morning postThe new weapon is equipped with twenty 1-inch (20 mm) long consecutive copper windings in Bulpap configuration (similar to the appearance of Belgian P90).
When a steel projectile or fitting is accelerated through these windings, using carefully related magnetic impulses, semiconductor switches accurately control the supply of power to nanoseconds. The algorithms then AI -Kin optimize the magnetic acceleration window during time to minimize energy waste and reverse drag.
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Other key characteristics of the gun include special protective fuses to prevent battery overload during 750A current spike, end -element simulations that optimize the coils of the coil to milliseconds, and engineering of heat dissipation, which limits the battery temperature.
During the testing, the weapon was reported to have fired up to 3,000 cartridges per minute (turnover per minute), far beyond exceeding the traditional firearm. This is significantly higher than conventional firearms such as the AK-47, which shoots about 600 rpm. It also takes advantage of the silent shooting, without a flash of the muzzle and adjustable lethality.
From crowd control to militarization
The test model is currently following a projectile speed of about 282 feet/s (86 m/s), which is fast but modest compared to conventional firearms. Although this will prove to be sufficient for non-first-acting roles such as the control of riots.
“The continuous high -speed fire deterrs, approaching the threats and clogging the enemy’s reactions, which is ideal for controlling the riots,” watches a research team led by Professor Siang Honzhun of the Army Engineering University. “Other advantages include no flash to the muzzle, silent work and adjustable lethality, making it ideal for” concealed missions, “they added.
With scales and improved battery power, the team is confident that the gun can switch to deadly roles on the battlefield (eg drones, automated towers or infantry weapons).
If it has aged and militarized, China can lead to the next -generation small weapons race that use electromagnetic drive instead of chemical reactions. Although not yet a battlefield killer, he hints at a future in which the silent, ultra -fast electromagnetic shells can replace bullets.