Hey gun nuts, is this your idea of a perfect society?

VTMi'kmaq said:

He does have some valid points![video=youtube_share;fzKXrqdpbd4]http://youtu.be/fzKXrqdpbd4[/video]

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cannabineer said:

They've also redesigned the HEAT round to do well from the smoothbore tubes. Spinning a shaped charge is not ideal.

The British (and clients) were the main holdouts for going smooth on tank barrels, as they liked and had plenty of HESH (high explosive squash head, a round that transfers quite a slap to thick armor), but even the Challenger II had an upgrade programme* replacing the rifled tube with a smoothbore. So to Dr I day that rather than being the exception on modern tanks, the smoothbore main gun tube is now the rule. cn

*had it been an Abrams, "program"

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Dr Kynes said:

see what happens when you dont read Janes for a few years? last time i checked it was rifled barrels on all american tank guns.

now im wondering if they have stopped rifling artillery guns too.

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Dr Kynes said:

see what happens when you dont read Janes for a few years? last time i checked it was rifled barrels on all american tank guns.

now im wondering if they have stopped rifling artillery guns too.

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cannabineer said:

I doubt that. Rifling does give inferior velocity but superior accuracy. Artillerymen are usually sticklers about hitting the mark. And the classic Purina Field Gun Chow is the good old thin-skinned HE round, which doesn't mind being spun. cn

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Dr Kynes said:

and youre implying that tankers are like the drunk perv in the back row of a porno theatre just splashing his seed on everything in range? ?? uhh...??

on second thought, nevermind.

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