DREAD: The Silent Weapon System

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Looks like the DREAD could be a popular future weapon.

“Imagine a gun with no recoil, no sound, no heat, no gunpowder, no visible firing signature (muzzle flash), and no stoppages or jams of any kind. Now imagine that this gun could fire .308 caliber and .50 caliber metal projectiles accurately at up to 8,000 fps (feet-per-second), featured an infinitely variable/programmable cyclic rate-of-fire (as high as 120,000 rounds-per-minute), and were capable of laying down a 360-degree field of fire. What if you could mount this weapon on any military Humvee (HMMWV), any helicopter/gunship, any armored personnel carrier (APC), and any other vehicle for which the technology were applicable?

That would really be something, wouldn’t it? Some of you might be wondering, “how big would it be”, or “how much would it weigh”? Others might want to know what it’s ammunition capacity would be. These are all good questions, assuming of course that a weapon like this were actually possible.

According to its inventor, not only is it possible, it’s already happened.”

Via: TechEBlog

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11 Comments


  1. Hello all,

    I would like to direct you to a comment posted at defensereview.com. The original poster broke down the DREAD, it does seem like a great idea(the DREAD) but the commenter makes some interesting arguments about it.
    http://www.defensereview.com/article727.html


  2. For starters, I can find nothing concrete about the company Trinamic Technologies LLC.

    Also, ignore the video at defensereview, and read the text as well as the comments. One commenter estimated you’ll need half a megawatt to run this weapon at the stated performance.

    I highly doubt this will ever see real-world applications. And to be honest, it sounds like a government contract sink-hole.


  3. Among other things, how is it possbile for there to be ‘no recoile’. Recoile is an effect of Newtons 2nd law which is still there, fireing 120,000 ball per minute is going to provide HUGE recoile even if there isn’t any denations.

    Seconds, this competly goes agaist current weapons, you can currently carry bullets wihtout black powerd, you just have to add it later, but it makes it dangerous to move that power, and electricity will have the same issue. You know exploading laptops? Say hello to exploading humves!


  4. and i’ll add one last thing it it’s down side, since it uses electrical engery, what would an EMP blast do to it?


  5. I was thinking of the recoil thing. If the rounds are accelerated in a circular path, it seems possible to be able to have two tracks and have the rounds going in opposite directions. This way the recoil of one will be countered by the recoil of the other.


  6. I think that is kind of lying (less true); no recoil when a mass accelerates out of something sounds kind of impossible. I think there is some physical law saying something in style with “If a force acts on a body, then an equal and opposite force must act upon another body”.

    Also, if a soldier shall use this “gun” he must has carry electric power that has more power than gunpowder has to propel the ammo the same distance and with the same force.

    P.S Sorry for my bad spelling


  9. First of all you all are thinking too black and white. For one the NO RECOIL is a misnomer it will have a negligible recoil. the centripetal force of the firing mechanism will evenly distribute the force out in a 360 degree field. Sencond point this will be a vehicle mounted weapon not personal carried weapon. Third they need to work on accuracy this is a wide spray type of firing pattern. Built one of these back in the 80’s, i found the same 63 article in some of my grandpa’s stuff, that was 12v that shot 3/8 inch steel balls no accuracy but did really fubar anything it hit. Down side it did generate heat but mine was very crude and was just a bigger version of the one in the article.

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