RE: "Suited" Soldiers, was Re: [DS] Irregular NSF Figures

Probably a two stage round that fires into the water boosted by a
rocket, then generates a gas envelope while accelerating.  Once the
envelope is formed the rocket falls off to reduce drag and the "normal"
propulsion kicks in.

This has the advantage that shorter range targets could be engaged,
before the envelope formed since it would be rocket driven and have a
pretty good velocity coming out of the tube. 

--Binhan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew L. Seidl [mailto:seidl@wraith.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 10:31 AM
> To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject: Re: "Suited" Soldiers, was Re: [DS] Irregular NSF Figures 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 1 May 2003 11:01:53 -0400 (EDT), Roger Books writes:
> >So would the super-cavitating rounds work if their initial 
> environment
> >was water?
> >
> >super-cavitating rounds should be in the archives, there was 
> a discussion
> >of them after an article appeared in one of the science magazines.
> >
> 
> I'd think the first step of firing a super-cavitating round woul dbe
> flooding the launch tube with air (or just not flooding it with
> water).  So the round would start in an air enviroment, and then
> continue to maintain that environment during its run down range.
> 
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