The electromagnetic railgun prototype, which weighs eight tons and has a 19.6-foot-long cannon barrel, is capable of firing a ...

a heavyweight warhead with a time-delayed fuse, which penetrates the target with its kinetic energy before firing. The latter is very effective against large, hard targets. The propulsion system ...

a sheet or slab of high explosive sandwiched between two metal plates designed to disrupt the ability of shaped charge and kinetic warhead to penetrate the vehicle. After more than three years of ...