Message from @Paladin308
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The gun is a minor part of the system
paladin they are currently trying to adopt new ammunition
I'm just not sure that would be advantageous because it's adding another point of failure
They've been doing that for decades
ill agree the ammo is usually harder to make than the gun
if the electronic components were to replace the conventional ammo with a new type that was revolutionary, that would be a reason to adopt it
it tends to need to be extremely finely toleranced in its own right
could potentially help with that as well if it did have some kind of pressure reactive system
6.8 6.5, .300, 7mm, there's a new meme calibre that the army is *totally* going to adopt every week
for instance you can electronically detect stresses in metal
so you could potentially react to pressure purely off of strain on the bolt
then drive extraction off of that
mind you
afaik the cases are more the problem
than the same amount of powder in every cartridge
hence referencing the bolt
it's a variety of reasons
once the cartridge is coming out with the right force it could start letting the extraction go
so if its stuck then it would start extracting sooner
this is probably oversimplifying im just saying there are things you can do electronically you cant do mechanically
you can do fairly simple and robust things instead of over complicated whizbang bullshit that a lot of companies try to do
are those advantages worth the cost of implementing that
well it depends mainly on the cost of implementing it
that would be a major factor
and how long would the R&D process take
Which is high, regardless of what it is, because it requires redesigning the existing systems developed around the existing standards
R&D is not even the most significant cost
yeah but i mean past a certain point your argument against attempting innovation breaks down
if it actually worked out well
then you could potentially have people with guns that have much cheaper ammo
If it provides some significant benefit them it's worth the cost
and then you are going up against people with vehicle mounted miniguns because they can now easily do that
I think it would just be better to invent a new weapon instead of trying to rework something that is already being used
Cost isn't the significant factor with ammo on that scale
Weight is
and then improve upon the new creation
its guna be a while before powder gets outdone in terms of impulse energy generation
I mean we already use non-powder weps in the military
in terms of cost vs benefit anyhow
well i mean for small arms