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minus-squareDaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·3 months agoTh HK was also designed to use caseless ammo, further complicating the machinery of the weapon…
minus-squareSylvartas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·3 months 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-squareZoidsberg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoHow would caseless ammo work? “Sorry, I can’t shoot. I have bullets but my gunpowder tank is empty.”
minus-squareDaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 months 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