Message from @Paladin308
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yes and then they go through a whole new procurement process which is a lot of hassle
Big organizations generally don't bother
i think you could be more agile if you involved electronics because there would be less tuning involved to get it to run right
Tuning is not the problem
The gun is not the problem
how would they prevent something like an EMP from shutting down their guns
Logistics are the problem
if it's electric, all the enemy would have to do is localize electronic pulses to render them useless
You're trying to solve a logistics problem with a new design, that doesn't work
potentially, i mean you could cage off the little computer and make it with extra thick traces
military grade microcontrollers already exist
it wouldnt be some new alien thing
would the guns fire conventional ammo?
or would the electrical components replace the ammunition
They don't get new cartridges, because they've got existing stockpiles and systems designed around the existing systems
im talking mainly about conventional ammo
with electronics involved
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
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
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