Metal Storm

Metal Storm Limited
Company typePublic
ASXMST
IndustryDefence
Founded1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Defunct2012; 12 years ago (2012)
FateVoluntary administration
HeadquartersBrisbane, Australia
Key people
Terence James O'Dwyer, chairman[1]
Websitedefendtex.com

Metal Storm Limited was a research and development company based in Brisbane, Australia, that specialized in electronically initiated superposed load weapons technology and owned the proprietary rights to the electronic ballistics technology invented by J. Mike O'Dwyer.[2][3][4] The Metal Storm name applied to both the company and technology. The company had been placed into voluntary administration by 2012.

  1. ^ "Metal Storm Limited — Resolutions Passed at Annual General Meeting". Business Wire. 21 May 2004. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2007.
  2. ^ "Metal Storm Weapons". Popular Mechanics. Hearst Corporation. 7 December 2004. Retrieved 22 January 2012. Through his company, Metal Storm Ltd., the Australian inventor hopes to apply this technology to a variety of military and commercial products worldwide.
  3. ^ jaglavaksoldier (22 February 2010). "Metal Storm 36 Barrel Prototype-One Million Rounds per Minute Rate of Fire". Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2017 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ Jermaine (22 December 2009). "Deadliest weapons ever invented- Metal Storm". Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2017 – via YouTube.