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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish25•9 hours agoTh HK was also designed to use caseless ammo, further complicating the machinery of the weapon…
minus-square@SylvartaslinkEnglish21•9 hours agoIncluding cooling because casings actually absorb quite a lot of the heat generated by the propellant iirc (which is then easily removed from the weapon by ejecting the spent casing)
minus-squareZoidsberglinkfedilinkEnglish9•7 hours agoHow would caseless ammo work? “Sorry, I can’t shoot. I have bullets but my gunpowder tank is empty.”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•7 hours agoThe propellant is built into the bullet, like a solid-fuel rocket booster. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caseless_ammunition
Th HK was also designed to use caseless ammo, further complicating the machinery of the weapon…
Including cooling because casings actually absorb quite a lot of the heat generated by the propellant iirc (which is then easily removed from the weapon by ejecting the spent casing)
How would caseless ammo work? “Sorry, I can’t shoot. I have bullets but my gunpowder tank is empty.”
The propellant is built into the bullet, like a solid-fuel rocket booster.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caseless_ammunition