Timeline for What weapon would be used by a civilization living 10 000m underwater?
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| Jan 9, 2018 at 15:53 | comment | added | Thucydides | Gyrojet rounds were 13mm in calibre, but were only somewhat larger than a conventional .45ACP round. It is quite possible to build rocket powered rounds in any size, with the general caveat that larger rounds can hold more propellant and have longer range/greater kinetic energy on impact. And "handheld guns" have been made to fire up to .50 cal conventional rounds. | |
| Jan 9, 2018 at 14:05 | comment | added | The Square-Cube Law | The bullets would be to big for a handheld gun. You would need a mounted weapon to have those bullets. Also notice that unless they are tipped with explosives and do explode at the end of their trajectory, their trajectories will be unstable (and possibly go random) after the projectile can no longer maintain a supercavity bubble. | |
| Jan 9, 2018 at 6:53 | history | answered | Cognisant | CC BY-SA 3.0 |