Yes because gunpowder contains its own oxidizer (potassium nitrate)

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Mar 11, 2019
4:10:35pm

cheezedawg All-American

Yes because gunpowder contains its own oxidizer (potassium nitrate)

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Here is a fun declassified Army paper from 1965 titled "The Meanderings of a weapon oriented mind when applied in a

cheezedawg All-American

3/11/19 3:56pm

BTW- there have been guns in space. The Soviet Cosmonauts had a standard issue firearm that they brought with them on

cheezedawg

3/11/19 4:01pm

can A gun fire in an O2 free environment?

CBaass

3/11/19 4:07pm

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Smack'sWife

3/11/19 4:10pm

Yes because gunpowder contains its own oxidizer (potassium nitrate)

cheezedawg

3/11/19 4:10pm

A round will fire under water...

Jericho

3/11/19 4:10pm

Few cartridges come close to 5500 fps, but since you have less friction from air

Jericho

3/11/19 4:10pm

Indeed- the paper uses 3000 fps for most calculations, but notes that the escape velocity is attainable within the

cheezedawg

3/11/19 4:17pm

Yeah, it would probably be necessary to create many new cartridges altogether...

Jericho

3/11/19 4:18pm

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