A concept from science fiction, the weapon itself is designed to
steal the energy of an opponent’s vehicle and add it to its own, while
disabling the target vehicle at the same time. How does it work?
The Vampire Weapon: So the weapon itself is a wire
guided device that is guided towards its intended target in the same way as a
traditional wire guided anti-tank missile. On contact the device would
create an electrical field that attracted electrical energy from the vehicles
battery right through the hull of say a tank, or even a car and then store it
for the users use. This device would need to create a strong enough
electrical field that overrides insulators, and also electricity’s natural
inclination to move the shortest distance possible with respect to electrical
flow. If those obstacles can be overcome, draining the battery while
stealing the electricity for the vehicle equipped for that weapon becomes very
feasible. This is of course assuming that such a technology can be
created, or a more reliable method cannot be developed.
Conclusion: Obviously, this is a weapon of science
fiction. I know of no group or government that is currently developing
this technology. Instead they focus on devices that disable vehicles with
electromagnetic pulses, which unfortunately require the electronics of a
vehicle to be fixed/replaced rather than a simple battery change as with the
case of this weapon. But if it was developed, the ability to simply
change the battery and use the enemy vehicle for yourself or allied forces
could become very valuable. This is especially the case with the upcoming
weapons and vehicles that use energy based weapons and electric drives/power
sources as opposed to fossil fuels so as to save costs and reduce risk of enemy
attacks on supply trains. As such, this weapon can be used to top off one
of our friendly vehicles that is running low on electrical energy for its laser
or rail guns as well. Like I said though, it is science fiction, but can be a
potentially useful tool in the less than lethal arsenal that governments are
developing.
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