Kraftstrahlkanone

The Kraftstrahlkanone (KSK) is a focused energy beam, much like laser, although it doesn’t utilize photons. Even though the KSK was viewed as a laser weapon by many, it’s actually a phaser.

The KSK used a spherical cascade oscillator to a transmission rod wrapped in a tungsten coil which acts as the “barrel” of the weapon to channel its energy. It would send power down cascade oscillators that flowed down to two charged barrels wrapped in precision tungsten spirals. These barrels produced a lot of heat, which they were designed to absorb. Since it relied on changing the phase of energy, it would be classified as a phaser.

The first KSK weapon system had a 60mm barrel and was tested on Haunebue I prototypes. The 60 mm version was capable of penetrating armor 4 inches thick. This success leads the Germans designing larger 80 mm and 110 mm version, as well as a smaller 50 mm version. The fire power of each weapon was relative to its size.

The biggest drawback with the KSK weapons was its energy demands. No conventional electrical generator was powerful enough to power the weapon, or if there was a type of generator that worked, it was normally too large to mount on a flying craft. It required a lot of power to operate, so much so that Haunebu and Vril craft had to hover when firing it, to divert enough energy to the weapon to the craft.

Most KSK which were deployed were deployed fortifications only. The only craft able to produce enough power on its own to power these weapons were the Haunebu crafts.

Since the Germans understood the power demands of this weapon, the Germans made sure to make the power system of later Haunebu craft powerful enough for both flight and this new type of weapon system.

Even though this technology had its drawbacks, it was still seen as highly potential and still a highly guarded secret. When the allies were advancing, the Germans became afraid of the technology being captured, which lead to all of the KSKs being recalled from fortified positions. While the KSK provided great fire power, it posed as a vulnerability to the crafts handling, because of how it used power. Because of this, on the Vril 7 Geist and Vril 8 Odin, the KSK was replaced fully by a new system called the Oberon.

In this picture, we see a close up of a turret on a Haunebu I. This model of KSK in 60mm. This turret is designed to keep the operating and weapon system separate. Notice how it has a completely different turret, as compared to any other turret on a German tank.