I love funny guns

  • urmums401k [she/her, they/them]
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    1 day ago

    Oh you can build one out of literal trash from the 90s.

    It's just... So there's a lot of energy in gunpowder. Like, a lot. And even being super inefficient and losing a ton if that energy, it's really good at pushing stuff. Its just naturally good at exploding, and over the years, we occasionally make it even better at exploding.

    And we have some pretty good batteries but they really dont compare.

    And then, you know, you need to release a shit ton of energy all at once right? And batteries aren't very good at that. Even if you make them be explosives instead of batteries, they still aren't anywhere near as good as gunpowder at that.

    So you also need a capacitor. Which is more stuff.

    And you've still got a really weak gun, and you need to charge it between shots-not just the battery, but the capacitors(?) In a way you can't really just rotate out-notice how there are three sections of wire there? Thats three thingies to accelerate the slug, which each need a quick (and super well timed but thats not usually a problem AFAIK) boop from a capacitor. So you can't fire fast for long even if youre carrying a huge battery. And overheating is a huuuge problem, because remember what heat does to conductivity. They are not friends.

    So you can't use it in a sustained fight you can't (as easily) hurt someone armored and you can't make your dick feel big with it. Which are most of what militaries care about.

    • TraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]
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      1 day ago

      If I recall correctly there's also the issue of ballistics. The artillery rail guns have the projectile encased in a sabot AFAIK, something you can't really do in a anti-personnel version, especially if it's handmade. Unless you choose to make a shotgun, and then it's just a the-doohickey with extra steps.

      Edit: I just reviewed some wiki articles and sabot isn't really the right term. But whatever.

    • 7bicycles [he/him]
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      1 day ago

      And we have some pretty good batteries but they really dont compare.

      I feel like Samsung had a grip there on leading the development of batteries that explode

        • 7bicycles [he/him]
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          1 day ago

          They could've been great at it if the woke mob didn't cancel Samsung over their combnation smartphone battery / gunpowder substitute tech attainments just because it occasionally burned down a house by itself

      • Formerlyfarman [none/use name]
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        20 hours ago

        You can buy a 12v DC ro 220v DC boost converter and a few 220v capacitors, that's essentially the part that you are scavenging from the camara flash.