"New next-gen Army 50mm cannon" Topic
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20 May 2019 1:28 p.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 12 Apr 2019 1:13 p.m. PST |
As a small ball of fire shot out of the end of a new 50mm cannon, a cloud of smoke filled the air and, in what seemed like less than one second, an explosion of smoke and fire destroyed a mock enemy target from hundreds of yards away -- on the other side of an Arizona desert valley… link |
| Lion in the Stars | 12 Apr 2019 8:12 p.m. PST |
Oh, they're finally pushing that into the field for testing? About dang time! Basically, it's a 35mm Bushmaster III rebarreled to 50x319mm. 50x319 is the same overall length as 35x228, but instead of bottlenecking down to 35mm stays pretty straight-walled. Performance is significantly better than the 50mm KWK39 of WW2, despite a much shorter case. KWK39 used the same 50x419R case as the PAK38. |
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