End of the line for Metal Storm?
May 13th, 2008
Million-Rounds-a-Minute Gun Maker Nearing End?
The Australian-based company that built its empire around a weapon that fires a million-rounds-a-minute could be on its last legs, according to an Australian newspaper. Metal Storm, the name of the company and the technology it markets, was the brainchild of Mike O’Dwyer, an amateur inventor in Australia who came up with Metal Storm’s unique stacked projectile configuration. He built the company from a one-man operation to a publicly traded company with R&D contracts from the U.S. Defense Department. The late Wayne Downing, a retired four star general, was one of Metal Storm’s most high-profile and enthusiastic backers.
Metal Storm comes up quite often when discussion military weapons, but we’ve yet to see any significant progress. Read the rest at Danger Room.
