Silent Killer: Germany Showcases 4-Barrel Laser Gatling Gun

HEL - Rheinmetall’s high-energy laser effectors on wheels (Rheinmetall)

During this week’s defense and security expo in London German defense contractor Rheinmetall Defense Electronics unveiled a new sea-based anti-drone laser system.

The system, unveiled at the Defense and Security Equipment Industry Expo in London, features four high energy lasers mounted on turret, making it look like some kind of laser Gatling gun, Popular Mechanics reported.The four 20 kilowatt lasers fire simultaneously, in a technique known as superimposition which combines them into a single powerful 80 kilowatt beam.

 

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Hillbilly
Hillbilly
9 years ago

Got any pictures of it actually working? I just want to top a couple of trees.