[Charles Martel]

This is far from a new idea, Metalsorm has just repackaged the stacked-charge concept with electronic ignition.

This version is impractical for a number of reasons, the first being that you have to replace the barrel to reload. There used to be matchlock rifles that literally had a sliding lock and trigger mechanism, which would align with three or four flash-holes on the barrel. The shooter started and the front and worked back, firing the stacked charges just like in this new version. Once in a while, some combustion gas would leak rearward and *all* of the charges would detonate at the same time. I hope Metalstorm has world-class insurance; they're marketing a high-tech pipe bomb.

[IronJack]

It doesn't sound like the technology is all that workable. And how many bullets do you need to direct at any given target anyway? Since all the rounds leave the barrel within a split second of each other, they should all strike nearly the same point. How dead do you need to make something?

[Kozak]

This version is impractical for a number of reasons, the first being that you have to replace the barrel to reload.

Uh sounds extremely practical to me as a close in anti missle or air defence weapon. Your launcher would just replace the spent barrels like they reload missles.