RE: SG2, a little help with some weapon statistics

Hmm, rifling on a projectile implies contact with the barrel/launch
tube. I
assumed MDCs would not due to the nature of the magnetic propulsion
system.
Still, this same system could be used to rotate the projectile as well
as
move it forward?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bell, Brian K [mailto:Brian_Bell@dscc.dla.mil]
> Sent: Monday, 3 April 2000 8:50
> To: 'gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU'
> Subject: 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.
> 
> -----
> Brian Bell
> bkb@beol.net	     
> -----
> 
> > -----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"
>