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minus-squareDaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoTh HK was also designed to use caseless ammo, further complicating the machinery of the weapon…
minus-squareZoidsberg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoHow would caseless ammo work? “Sorry, I can’t shoot. I have bullets but my gunpowder tank is empty.”
minus-squareDaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoThe propellant is built into the bullet, like a solid-fuel rocket booster. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caseless_ammunition
minus-squareSylvartas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days 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)
Th HK was also designed to use caseless ammo, further complicating the machinery of the weapon…
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
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)