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Anonymous
No.605
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When do you think firearms will take another step into advancement, no longer requiring smokeless powder?
Anonymous
No.609
798
>>605
technically we don't need the powder anymore, as caseless ammunition is a thing.

citation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caseless_ammunition
Anonymous
No.613
Things will change when there is demand for it.
Remember how computers became a thing because of war?
Anonymous
No.798
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>>609
>caseless ammunition
Anonymous
No.799
800
>>605
building on >>609, we won't even need chemically propelled ammunition anymore if weapons relying on electromagnetism to propel ammunition become more readily available and more powerful. I'm sure you've heard of a railgun, in some capacity?
Anonymous
No.800
801
>>799
That exists along with the gauss rifle, even in pistol form, but it's highly inefficient compared to the conventional firearms. Unless we figure out a better way to convert energy, caseless ammunition is the closer step.
Anonymous
No.801
802
>>800
effeciency, that's another problem we've yet to solve and/or bother solving. it's a real shame, those two and the coil gun are all really cool theoretical weapons that could very well become real with the proper development.
Anonymous
No.802
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>>801
Hold on, I found something while trying to look for the pistol I mentioned. Something new and shocking.
https://newatlas.com/personalised-electronic-handgun-headed-for-commercialisation/2376/
But, then I found it was quite old. Since 2005.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91PcRli231U

I still can't find the pistol I was looking for. It was an electric one, and it was used for a sporting event. Competitive shooting. No results come from searching "electric gun." Probably too on the nose.
Anonymous
No.803
>>802
dang, these links still look quite interesting though. I'll look at them.
Anonymous
No.804
>>802
okay, that's a somewhat interesting idea but I can still see at least one way it can go wrong.
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