Can they do more than 180 rounds and sustain the rate of fire? Otherwise, I don't quite see how the down range effect is much different from that of a really huge shotgun with a predictable pattern.

I'm intrigued by the idea of no moving parts -- sounds like it would be much harder to break. However, if something does break -- and it will -- I think I'd rather be working with wrenches than soldering irons.

History always repeats itself. Just as they brought back the Gatling, electrified it and created the Minigun, now they have brought back the Mitraleuse from the Franco-Prussian war. I've seen the demos, thing works good, but it looks tough to aim. How do you aim a brick?

The tough part will be feeding it. Going through 1,000,000 rounds per minute creates a unique problem of where do keep the ammo.

Right Bella, but with a million rounds a minute, who needs to aim? Just point it in the right direction and stuff falls to pieces.

OK, I'm admittedly childish. This thing is cool for two reasons:

1. It shoots a lot of bullets
2. When fired at 30K and 60K/min...well...it sorta sounded like...farting. And farting makes me laugh.

I'm going to my room and grounding myself.

I see little appeal from a hunters perspective but coming from the guy in me... way cool.

If you recall the movie "Aliens", the ammo fired by the rifles was described as "10mm caseless" (of course, one guy also had a 12ga pump, even if they were in space in the future).
This thing also makes me think of the "gun" the nut dreamed up to destroy the Super Bowl in the movie "Black Sunday".
I still want a Star Trek phaser instead.

I should think it is a violation of the Geneva Conventions, but then we have not worried overly much about it in the past.(I used to teach it in the past when I was in the Army)

Do they make a swivel mount and laser? What type of mount do you have to have to mount one on an F-250?

Wow. The big kid in me thinks that would be fun to take for a test drive.

phil, thanks for your response. About two years ago I saw this weapon on History Channel or something like it and among the demonstrations they showed how this weapon could be remotely controlled and fire at a passing military unit.
Bad a@# indeed.

I think the projected uses of the Metal Storm are clearing minefields very fast, and also against armored units, where a passing plane equipped with Metal Storms pointed down can take out many tanks in one pass.

Sorry to go out of topic, but I thought I'd post this bit of news:

Charlie Wilson, US champion of anti-Soviet Afghans, dies

Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON – The former US lawmaker and hero of the film "Charlie Wilson's War," who championed covert CIA support for Afghans fighting Soviet troops in the 1980s, died Wednesday at the age of 76, the hospital said.

Wilson, sometimes dubbed "Goodtime Charlie" because of his hard-partying ways, succumbed to a heart attack at 12:16 p.m. (1816 GMT), said Memorial Health System of East Texas spokeswoman Yana Ogletree.

He was "an extraordinary patriot whose life showed, once more, that one brave and determined person can alter the course of history," US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said in a statement.

The Texas Democrat, who sat on a key House of Representatives subcommittee, spearheaded vast funding increases for CIA efforts to help Afghan mujahedeen fighting Soviet occupation forces after the 1979 invasion.

The congressman's real life exploits and secret dealings during the waning years of the Cold War gained a broad audience through "Charlie Wilson's War," a 2003 book chronicling his efforts that was adapted into a Hollywood movie of the same name.

The film starred Oscar winners Tom Hanks as Wilson, Julia Roberts as the Houston socialite Joanne Herring who helped him win support for the ambitious secret war, and Philip Seymour Hoffman as CIA agent Gust Avrakotos, who worked with Wilson on the Central Intelligence Agency's covert Operation Cyclone.

"Charlie Wilson led a life that was oversized even by Hollywood's standards. Congressman Wilson was fiercely devoted to serving his country and his fellow Texans," the state's Governor Rick Perry said in a statement.

In marking Wilson's passing, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates described knowing the lanky congressman as an "unforgettable experience."

"As the world now knows, his efforts and exploits helped repel an invader, liberate a people, and bring the Cold War to a close," Gates said in a statement.

"After the Soviets left, Charlie kept fighting for the Afghan people and warned against abandoning that traumatized country to its fate – a warning we should have heeded then, and should remember today."

TALK ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY! A DOZEN OF THOSE AROUND HIGH RISK AREAS AUGHT TO DISCOURAGE ALL BUT THE DUMBEST OF CRIMINALS.

If you use this on your squirrels, there will be nothing left of your bird feeder, or your tree. You'll never know if you got the squirrel because there will be no evidence.

Impressive, intimidating way to discourage an assault or eliminate a target-rich environment!

Oh you gotta love that 30mm cannon on the Warthog. The thing is a modern day Stuka (talk about history repeating itself).
When I was at Kunsan (ROK) the F-4s we had could mount the GAU8 20mm rotary cannon pods. Things sounded like ripping cloth when fired (but much louder).
I would suppose the best thing to compare the Vaporizer to would be a solid block of Roman Candles. Historicly there were numerous attempt at using stacked charges in gun barrels to achieve multiple shot capability. Some of these had movable locks and multiple primers or flashpans to fire succeeding rounds, but they all had a tendency to blow up hazardously if not properly handled.
I would wonder, the Vaporizer being electronicly primed, what sort of safety features it would have to keep the whole thing from pickling off from a static discharge.
Then there is the fact that no firearm that looks like a Borg Cube is ever going to win any beauty contests.

I want to see what it will do to cut down a tree. Separated boards are nice, but how about a solid piece?

I wonder what it costs to feed the damn thing?

its a new brush gun!!mr. bin laden met my new best friend .... THE VAPORIZOR!!!!! ha ha ha

Dateline Field and Stream....Investigative reporting has uncovered the truth behind the ammo famine of 09-10...The secret new weapon "the vaporizer" has been tested 3 times causing a massive munitions shortage...except in D.E.P's basement