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Needle Pipe
A device that could project slivers of metal at near light speed. (Read the full article)
| "Here’s the quote from David Gerrold’s “A Matter For Men” (Bantam Spectra, 1983). The needle gun in this case is clearly inspired by the famous AM=180 seen here on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTZ1AMhSkgs). Much was made during the 1980’s of the weapon’s fearsome rate of fire and (at the time unusual) laser sight.
The rifle was an AM-280 with tunable laser sight. The output was set high in the UV and I had to wear an EV-helmet with retinal-focused eyepieces to see the beam. It spat high-velocity bursts of eighteen-grain needles, as many as three thousand per minute. You pointed the beam at your target and pulled the trigger. The needle burst would tear holes in a steel door. They said you could slice a man in half with a 280. I didn’t want to try.
" (Odon 5/21/2008 7:21:58 AM ) |
| "The rifle was an AM-280 with tunable laser sight. The output was set high in the UV and I had to wear an EV-helmet with retinal-focused eyepieces to see the beam. It spat high-velocity bursts of eighteen-grain needles, as many as three thousand per minute. You pointed the beam at your target and pulled the trigger. The needle burst would tear holes in a steel door. They said you could slice a man in half with a 280. I didn’t want to try." (Odon 5/21/2008 7:23:03 AM ) |
| "Odon - great! I'll add the quote." (Bill Christensen 5/22/2008 4:27:32 PM ) |
| "Who do you seperate the paragraphs if you're not using html?" (Odon 5/22/2008 9:36:12 PM ) |
| "Odon - I finally added your quote; sorry about the delay. See the entry for AM-280 needle rifle." (Bill Christensen 11/12/2008 6:43:18 AM ) |
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