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>>31641955
No really man its a pretty unexplored technology, mostly because there is nothing that a rocket propelled 9mm projectile has over a standard one.

Small projectiles are shit, though there may be some merit to a 40k style bolter.

>>31641955

That's stupid. You're fucking stupid.

The reason we use the guns we use is because, through trial and error, we have determined that, basically, they are the best, there's really no argument. To magically make a different kind of weapon better you'd need to create some magic substance that doesn't exist, or change up the environment where they evolve

>>31641955
Look up the GyroJet carbine and pistol.

>>31641955
Gyro weapons suck, here's why:
PROS:
+lower recoil then conventional ammo
+can theoretically be steered by altering

CONS:
-low initial speed and therefore low initial kinetic energy
-this is bad because most gunfights happen up close
-low speed also means a larger delay before the round gets on target making aiming harder
-ironically lower overall range
-extra complexity = extra point of failure

I'm sure there is a situation where they would have a small edge over conventional ammo but I can't think of any.

>>31642596
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>>31641955
>presents hypothetical what ifs
>doesn't get the answer it wants
>can't goggle
>calls people inept
Nah anon, fuck your and your stupid ass stories. Now go shit up someone else's board. Faggot.

>>31642663
Point ceded if in space.

>>31641955
>Are there any advantages of gyro weapons, rocket propelled projectiles?

Inverse ballistic profile.

Standard rounds:
highest energy at close range but drops off.

Rocket rounds:
highest energy at max range as the last of the propellant runs out.

Really, the gyrojet rounds were ill suited to pistols or carbines.
Maybe we'd see more use if they had been used in marksman platforms.

>>31641955
Some of the earliest guns were designed to fire arrows. There are historical accounts of "musket arrows", and a painting from 1326 of a primitive gun firing an arrow. They just figured out that a lead ball works just as well and is a lot cheaper.

>>31641955
I can think of one scenario where that could happen. Suppose gunpowder was invented in the Bronze Age, when they did not have the metallurgical technology to make effective guns. Even though a lot of guns have been made of bronze, the casting technology to do that effectively did not come around until the middle ages. About teh best you could do with bronze age technology is something like the Morko Gun (look it up) and that is pretty useless on a battlefield.

>>31641955

You probably shouldn't open a discussion by telling the people you're addressing that they're idiots.

That being said, one group of people making the wrong use of a technology doesn't usually make everybody do the same thing. Technology evolves. The gun would have assumed its current form because that's the most efficient form.

>>31644908
That doesn't stop cannons from being used