Message from @Uksio
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I was thinking more along the lines of a bullet with such velocity and weight that you don't need to account for drop and flight-time as much.
Problably squared, so over 4 times the air resistance if twice as fast
That's an interesting idea and it would work really well out to a certain range before it inevitably dropped off
here you go
Speed record
Yesh
it is bonkers
Those are two different rounds, but both held a record
Eargesplitten acheived 4800FPS
That's feet per second
I think that's enough to do some damage
One of them uses a modified 12 guage shotgun shell, and another uses a 40mm in order to get up to 7 km/s xD
So who knew the fastest round fired was a 12 guage shotgun xD Basically it creates a shockwave through hydrogen to get the velocity
Wait until the light-gas gun is mounted on an M113 as an experimental weapon.
Basically they plan to stuff a core into the round that will detonate instead of deflagrating
Spicy rifle
If this one will have a failure then the shooter won't be telling a story about it
I wonder what is the benefit of hyperspeed bullets?
Hunting Sonic?
If you're shooting at targets kilometres away, the flight-time could be halved, meaning there's less time for the target to move.
Would also help in reducing lead when engaging moving targets.
An advantage would be also in anti-aircraft fire, as you could get a bullet to intercept an aircraft far faster, and possibly get up higher
The main problem is that the bullet will lose this velocity quickly in our atmosphere, and it's difficult to maintain it at those speeds for more than a short period of time
Fun fact: russians had a rocket with a machinegun in it
To shoot down planes ofc
Is that the missile that is purely a vector for the machinegun to shred the aircraft wings and fuselage?
Kinda
US did it better
They basically made a multi-barreled stacked-charges in the nose that can shoot at crazy fast fire rate
So as soon as the rocket is in range and locked onto an enemy plane it can BRRRRRRT
