Re: Gauss Weapons

Thomas.Barclay wrote:

>Plus better penetration on a round whose l:d ratio was 10:1 rather
than >3:1 or 4:1.

There is absolutely no reason why you can't fire a round with an l:d
ratio of 10:1 from a normal chemical-powered gun with cased ammo,
though. Don't know the l:d ratios for modern 25- and 30mm long rod
penetrators, but for 40mm ones and bigger 10:1 sounds rather short and
fat...?

Regards,

Oerjan Ohlson
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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