RE: SG2, a little help with some weapon statistics

The shells themselves can also have rifling on them.
I supposed that was the method that MDC's used to obtain spin on the
projectiles.

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net	   
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nyrath the nearly wise [SMTP:nyrath@clark.net]
> Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 3:49 PM
> To:	gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject:	Re: SG2, a little help with some weapon statistics
> 
> John Leary wrote:
> > A gyrojet can be considered 'caseless' because it does not have a
> > 'shell caseing' or 'cartridge case' that contains the propellent.
> 
>	You got a point there, judge.
> 
> > I must also point out that if the projectile is 'unrotated', the
> > weapons ability to hit the broad side of a barn at short range
> > is in doubt.
> 
>	Yes, I ment that there is a difference between rotating
>	a projectile conventionally via rifling in the barrel
>	and rotating the projectile with "gyroscopic jets"