Message from @Paladin308
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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
There are, but the question is do they matter
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
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
afaik thats still mainly smokeless powder of some form
yeah I was gonna say at least stationary ones
but I'm sure they are working for portable versions
shit
they probably already have em
and we don't know about it lol
eh yeah but i mean
its mainly the air force that would have world ending prototypes
some super awesome man portable railgun is more on the very useful category
rather than the
ending the war in fifteen seconds category
As of yet we don't have man portable power systems that can drive rail or coil guns
well as engangered here pointed out
that we know of