Could plasma weapons ever become a thing?

>>7972199
Possible but unlikely even of we could project plasma at a velocity that it could inflict damage it's near impossible to make it go straight plus the weapon would weigh too much for a human to use

>>7972199
They already exist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MARAUDER

Only for ships, tanks or ground cannons. Maybe. Think it's impossible to make a plasma gun. Too much energy required for plasma, and for cooling system.

Control engineer here.

>>7972232
people said the same thing about lasers for the longest time and now they're small enough to go inside smartphones.

>>7972243
They're low energy lasers.
In order to make plasma you need a lot of heat. Lot of heat means a lot of energy.
Plus, you must not overheat the weapon's body, thus, you need a cooling system.
Lot of energy + cooling system = lot of space

>>7972199
>Could plasma weapons ever become a thing?
There's little reason to ever use one. Kinetic weapons are incredibly efficient and hard to defend against, and plasma is very difficult to control.