When Lund and Company Invention designed their toy rocket little did they know that it was be the root of inspiration for building Variable Velocity Weapon System or VWS for the US army. Based on technology used to propel toy rockets, the new gun will be able to change from to kill, wound or just inflict a bruise mode, depending upon the velocity of the bullet fired. The good news is that the US army is funding the rifle that can fire bullets at various speeds. The Variable Velocity Weapon System or VWS, lets the soldier to use the same rifle for crowd control and combat, by altering the muzzle velocity. It could be loaded with "rubber bullets" designed only to deliver blunt impacts on a person, full-speed lethal rounds or projectiles somewhere between the two.
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The gun works by mixing a liquid or gaseous fuel with air in a combustion chamber behind the bullet. This determines the explosive capability of the propellant and consequently the velocity of the bullet as it leaves the gun.
The existing VWS design is a .50 caliber (12.7 mm) rifle weapon, but the technology can be scaled to any size, "handgun to Howitzer". A demo version can be ready within 6 months and VWS could go into production within 18 months of approval
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