This gun isn’t designed for warfare, but for testing aerodynamics of objects at orbital speeds. It shoots stuff at roughly 22,000 FPS and takes high-speed photos of the projectile as it flies.
The test chamber is built from naval ship gun barrels. That’s cool.
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Reminds mew of the FAA “chicken gun” which launched chicken bodies at windshields to see just how much damage a bird strike could do.
I was on a B-52 training flight that hit a 30 lb Canadian goose. It turned out to have taken out the main spar on the R wing.
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