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minus-squareSpartacist [he/him]hexbear8·4 years agoCaliber is just the width of the round, and it’s also used to measure gun barrels. For example, a 20mm Oerlikon with a barrel length of 70 calibers has a shorter barrel than a Mark 7 16 inch gun that has a barrel length of 50 calibers link
minus-squareSerLava [he/him]hexbear2·edit-24 years agoimagining an artillery piece with no barrel, just a shell sticking out of the breech, resting on just a half inch of brass link
minus-squareMarxGuns [comrade/them]hexbear2·4 years agoat some point it becomes a mortar, after that... yeah, dunno link
minus-squarealcoholicorn [comrade/them, doe/deer]hexbear2·4 years agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7Y3b732UVw link
Caliber is just the width of the round, and it’s also used to measure gun barrels. For example, a 20mm Oerlikon with a barrel length of 70 calibers has a shorter barrel than a Mark 7 16 inch gun that has a barrel length of 50 calibers
imagining an artillery piece with no barrel, just a shell sticking out of the breech, resting on just a half inch of brass
at some point it becomes a mortar, after that... yeah, dunno
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7Y3b732UVw
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That would just kill you