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Mar 11, 2019
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Jericho
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A round will fire under water...
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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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