According to information disseminated by the state site GlobalTimes.c n, and taken up by the site ArmyRecognition, China has undertaken the design of a new type of cannon, halfway between the traditional powder cannon and the Rail Gun. : the magnetic plasma cannon.
For this, the Chinese authorities have launched a vast consultation aimed at collecting project proposals for the experimentation of a new type of artillery system, using a plasma encapsulated in a magnetic field, very significantly reducing the mechanical constraints which apply between the barrel tube and the shell when firing the propellant charge.
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