Metal Storm (NASDAQ 2826765) - Meinungen dazu ? - 500 Beiträge pro Seite

[Kamikurt]

Hi an alle,

habe ein wenig über diese Firma gehört, sind aber mehr so Randgeräusche, die von einem interessanten Produkt der Rüstungsindustrie tönen. Eine WKN oder ISIN konnte ich noch nicht entdecken. Kann mir jemand sagen,

a) wie ich diese Aktie handeln kann
b) ob irgendwas in der Community bekannt ist
c) wie Eure Meinung (falls Infos da sind) ist

Danke für Eure Unterstützung
*cheers* Kami

[Kamikurt]

... habe inzwischen - für alle, die es interessiert - auch eine deutsche WKN gefunden : 551195

Leider gibts immer noch wenig Informationen außer einem Bericht in der WiWo. Wenn jemand mehr entdeckt oder eine Meinung hat, wäre ich sehr interessiert.

Gruß

### Kami

[Kamikurt]

... die Aktie wird in Berlin am 23.07.2002 zum Handel einbezogen :

Metal Storm 925 772 MSM 1170 22.07.2002

Ciao

### Kami

[SoWhat]

Guten Morgen,

Company wird auch in Australien gehandelt. Hier sich zunächst ganz interessant an. Auf die schnelle hab ich mal das gefunden:

In case you don`t know CHF is a major shareholder in MTSX (MST), holding close to 30% of the company`s shares.


CHARTER PACIFIC (CHF) $0.74

Mkt Cap: $53.5m Last Reviewed SCG 262

What a difference a year makes. The interest in 28% owned Metal Storm`s AGM was clear. Metal Storm is a company which to us appears to have significant potential. All the cards had been kept so close to the company`s chest that potential shareholders have been unable to analyse that potential. Some of the cards are starting to drop on the table.

Consider the following:

· Funded research programmes now totals almost $105m which appears to be a record for a non US company. Whats more all that research is being undertaken without diluting Metal Storm`s equity position.

· The most recent programme is a $3.2m deal to develop an advanced individual combat weapon for the Australian Defense Forces. What is generally not understood is that if the prototype is adopted the initial Australian order could be several hundred million dollars with the figure running into the billions of dollars if it were then accepted overseas.

· The company is being upgraded from Level 1 American Depository Receipts to Level 2, probably in time for the stock coming out of escrow on July 8. NASDAQ listing should follow in the last quarter of the calendar year.

· "Negotiations with various defense companies have been progressing and the stage has been reached where the company has felt it appropriate to engage prominent US investment bankers Arnold and S Bleichroeder Inc to assist the company in that negotiation process." The market has had no inkling that negotiations were even on, let alone had reached such an advanced stage.

· The three additional data studies into weapons systems for tactical mobile robots and for unmanned combat aerial vehicles; close in defense systems for protecting ships from a swarming attack by small craft and a vehicle mounted mobile area denial system are under US assessment which should be completed by the end of June. The company is "optimistic that programme funding may follow some time after the completion of the studies."

· Further research and development programmes are anticipated in areas including US National Missile Defense programme, minefield breaching system, repeatable close in area defense system, vehicle self defense system, vehicle mounted border defense system and facility perimeter defense system.

· Self funded commercialisation opportunities exist with a commercial mortar box application which will start with fireworks but also includes fire fighting with application for bush fires and agricultural applications. Also in this category is the VLE Police and Military hand gun which could be in commercial production by the end of next calendar year.

There is considerable momentum developing in the technology. The company mentioned that international groups are now seeking out Metal Storm instead of vice versa. In one recent 3-day period three separate international defense companies travelled to Brisbane to start strategic partner talks with the company. The first concrete success from these partnering discussions appears to be imminent judging by the appointment of Bleichroeder.

While it has taken considerably longer than we hoped to mature, Metal Storm has the potential to be worth more than $4.00 per share ($6.00 per Charter Pacific share) and at least the $10.00 per share figure necessary to trigger the final tranche of the US directors options. The release of Director`s shares from escrow on July 8 can be regarded as a positive, not a negative. US MST investors have been nervous of a low free float of 58.52m shares and seem to regard a free float of 422.6m shares more favourably. Two extremely influential individuals have already taken on 2.4m shares between them.

The structural state of the US Defense industry also needs to be considered. Defense budgets are set to shrink as a percentage of GNP. As such defense technologies need to be smarter and more efficient - Metal Storm appears to be the right technology at the right place at the right time. We retain a strong speculative buy rating on CHF. We have indicated potential targets which may prove optimistic or pessimistic. Some profit taking on the way through should not be ruled out.

Es gibt auch Spekulationen, wonach die Company von einer größeren Rüstungsfirma übernommenm werden könnte. Aber alles noch erstes Reseach.

Good luck

sowhat

[Kamikurt]

... # sowhat

Danke, das war gute Info - werde mich mal näher mit beschäftigen.

### Kami

[SoWhat]

Hier ist noch was:

Metal Storm: Ultimate Killing Machine?

New gun tech could result in weapon that fires up to a million rounds per minute.

By Gary Nurenberg, Tech Live
January 14, 2002


Most guns fire by mechanically moving bullets into a chamber, one at a time. While gun designers have developed ways to speed up this process, there has always been a theoretical limit to how fast a gun can mechanically load.

One of the Navy`s fastest rapid-fire artillery guns, the Phalanx, uses a single-chamber design and can fire thousands of rounds per minute.


But now, an Australian company called Metal Storm says it has designed weapons that can fire at a rate of up to a million rounds per minute. The gun uses an array of dozens of chambers and fires electronically.


American and Australian defense officials have taken notice. They are funding research into the new type of gun.


Metal Storm believes it will revolutionize weaponry with new designs that strip most moving parts from guns and substitute electronics for centuries-old mechanical firing methods.


It is the barrel that is the key in Metal Storm weapon design. Put three dozen barrels together as weapons designers have done, and the resulting "pod" fires at a rate in excess of a million rounds a minute.


"It`s not a difficult thing for us, and in fact, we anticipate that some of the weapons we see coming in the future will have rates of fire well in excess of that," said inventor Mike O`Dwyer. "I can see us firing weapons at a rate of, say, 13 million rounds a minute."


O`Dwyer`s design does away with most of the moving parts of a conventional gun. Bullets are lined up one behind another in the barrel and separated only by propellant, which is ignited electronically. There`s nothing mechanical to break down.


"When we ignite the propellant that`s right in front, behind the leading bullet if you will, that pushes that bullet out," O`Dwyer said. "What happens because of the nature of the invention, the bullet that`s immediately behind it, when the high pressure is applied to the nose of that bullet it actually expands and locks in the barrel. So progressively as we move down the barrel, we fire, the one behind expands and locks, and then unlocks and away it goes. It sounds simple, and in its operation it is simple, but the physics are very complex."


The firepower is astounding. In 1/25 of a second, 180 bullets can shred a wooden door. It happens so fast, it sounds like one pop.


With an array of barrels, the weapons pod can fire a variety of projectiles -- bullets, sandbags, smoke grenades -- in whatever combination programmers want. It can fire continuously or it can shoot in waves.


"We`re striving for things that have never been done before," said Steve Lee of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC).


SAIC is among the companies exploring uses for the technology. Some are exotic.


Weapons designers see a future where Metal Storm barrels are mounted on attack helicopters and on unmanned combat vehicles that are fed particular battlefield coordinates by spotter choppers, which relay the information through global positioning satellites. The unmanned aerial combat vehicles then fire in a very precise pattern dictated by the targeting.


Some see Metal Storm as an alternative to minefields. Position several pods, and a single soldier can determine whether to let innocents walk through an area or attack an opposing force with overwhelming firepower.


"Anytime the infantry commander can say, `Hey, I can reduce my manpower requirements and enhance my performance capabilities by 300 or 400 percent,` I think they`ll be very pleased to do so," Lee said.


But one former soldier isn`t so sure.


"To me, having to carry several tubes that are unwieldy in order to reload my weapon is a significant disadvantage," said Charles Cutshaw, a consultant with Jane`s Defense Information, Vietnam veteran, and former Army intelligence officer.


But Metal Storm technology could offer safety benefits. Give a police officer a Metal Storm pistol, and it won`t fire unless a specially coded ring is in contact with the barrel. The gun only works for the policeman, not a bad guy who wrestles it away.


And designers see other uses for the technology as well.


"There are a lot of applications for Metal Storm above and beyond just small arms," Cutshaw said.


One possible scenario where the Metal Storm could be of use: a fire truck targeting a downed passenger jet with fire suppressant could use the technology to save the plane. Designers also see similar uses for high-rise fires that ladders can`t reach but that Metal Storm can.


"Very quickly after the invention, I realized here was what you might call a motherhood invention because the consequences of what we could do with this were very profound, a very large number of applications that have kept us busy for a number of years," O`Dwyer said.


Metal Storm research is long-term and will take years to yield any new weapons. But with $50 million in Defense Department investment, O`Dwyer and Metal Storm plan to keep barreling along.


Good luck

sowhat