Chapter 916 - Magnetic Confinement and Plasma (1/2)

Translator: _Min_ Editor: Rundi

In the warehouse of Camp 27, a seven-meter-long gun barrel was connected to a turret covering an area of ​​more than ten square meters. The middle section of the gun barrel was connected with a hydraulic triangle bracket. With just one look, this cannon seemed to just be “long”, but it was not the case.

The narrow barrel did not emit any physical projectiles. Instead, it was firing magnetically confined plasma particles with a core temperature of several tens of millions of degrees. After being hit by the magnetic field, the plasma confined by the magnetic field relied on its own thermal energy to melt through the metal armor of the target, and at the same time release the electrical energy condensed in the plasma instantaneously to destroy the soft targets and electronic devices in the armored units.

In short, it was a large plasma gun. It was similar to the Type-52 Particle Cannon on the Wanderer tank, but there were many differences in details. However, whether it was the particle cannon or the plasma cannon, both could be regarded as “tank killers” at close-to-medium range!

Speaking of which, the large-scale plasma cannon was completed with the effort of Lin Lin’s research on antimatter technology. Magnetic confinement devices used to encase antimatter could also be used to wrap plasma. The researchers at Camp 27 used Lin Lin’s research results and made further derivation to solve the problem of delays after the magnetic restraint was disengaged from the device.

To solve this problem, it could shoot out the magnetic confinement wrapped with high-temperature plasma as a projectile.

After the researchers at Camp 27 explained the technical elements to Jiang Chen, they immediately entered the weapon testing stage under the General’s command. Several staff members installed the cannon on a truck and moved into the shooting range.

With the project leader Zou Rong coming to the shooting range, Jiang Chen stood behind a bulletproof gla.s.s.

Jiang Chen fixed on the large turret in the middle of the field, knocked on the bulletproof gla.s.s, and casually asked Zou Rong.

“Why tainted gla.s.s?”

“The bullets fired by the cannon can be blinding. The use of tainted gla.s.s is for the protection of your eyes,” Zou Rong explained with a smile.

“Weapon testing commence!]

After receiving the order, a NAC soldier stepped forward and connected the wires behind the turret to a tablet terminal. He skillfully set the firing parameters. On the other side of the shooting range, an Grade-A steel plate with a thickness of 200 mm was raised on an open s.p.a.ce of about 800 meters away from the turret.

Zou Rong ordered the soldier, who stood ten meters behind the turret, to immediately press the firing b.u.t.ton.

With a flash of blinding white light, the plasma cannon suddenly sprayed the energy projectile confined by the magnetic field. Even in daytime, the bright white plasma was burning to a point where it was blinding to look at.

The energy projectile came in contact with the steel and there was hardly any explosion. Escaping from the constraints of the magnetic field, the high-temperature plasma emerged from the tiny s.p.a.ce, and melted through the steel with a thickness of nearly 200 mm!

A blue arc that scintillated behind the armor as it spread like a spider web, and instantly penetrated the ground…

Standing behind the tainted gla.s.s and witnessing this shocking scene, Jiang Chen’s eyes widened and the expression on his face gradually changed from shock to excitement.

Observing the facial expression on the General’s face, Zou Rong proudly said.

“In the atmosphere, this plasma projectile can only maintain a steady state for a very short time, so the maximum range of this plasma cannon, tentatively named RK-1, is only 800 meters. However, the damage against armored units, as you can see, is astonis.h.i.+ng. As long as the projectile hits, disregarding the Wanderer, even if it were a destroyer of the Pan-Asia Cooperation, it would be melted.”

With a range of 800-meter, as long as it hit the body of the armor, it could turn the almost invincible Wanderer into a pile of sc.r.a.p iron. It may be difficult to approach the 800-meter distance on the plain, but in the urban terrain, an 800-meter battle distance was common.