We made it! We’ve finally invented vibroblades!

joeshmoe112 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I was searching for this comment. All the snark in this thread, I’m just excited that we’ve invented working vibroblades lol

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tsimionescu 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Now if they could get the vibrations by shooting a bullet along the edge, we'd also have gunblades!

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trhway 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

the next version will come with plasma micro jets ejection from the cutting edge - convenient for civilian use. I'm also wandering about an array of shaped micro-charges on the edge - should be able to cut through several millimeters of steel in one move, etc. so a soldier can cut though an opponent's ballistic vest or a into an lightly armored IFV.

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procaryote 11 hours ago | parent [-]

A shaped charge is sadly the opposite of sharp so it would be a one time use blade that would be dull before and after

That one use would be anything but dull though

	▲	trhway 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You can have it sharp with shaped charges array sitting a bit deeper and sideways, and new edge breaking out as side effect of shaped charges exploding, rinse and repeat, about 5 times for a regularly sized sword. Even more interesting alternative is to have some quick blade switching machinery to switch on-the-fly between the actual blade edge and the shaped charge array and to add some feeding machinery of shaped charges into the array (and to have some stretch-shaped charges instead of the rounded ones)