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minus-squarecommunistthrowaway69 [none/use name]hexbear7·4 years agoIt just sounds cooler to say 50 caliber than 12.7mm or whatever. But .3008 or whatever the fuck can piss off. Max of 3 numbers in my bullet please. link
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-squarealcoholicorn [comrade/them, doe/deer]hexbear2·4 years agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7Y3b732UVw link
minus-squareMarxGuns [comrade/them]hexbear2·4 years agoat some point it becomes a mortar, after that... yeah, dunno link
minus-squareMike_Penis [any]hexbear5·4 years agocaliber is just what percentage of an inch it is. 12.7mm (.50 cal) is exactly have of an inch. link
It just sounds cooler to say 50 caliber than 12.7mm or whatever.
But .3008 or whatever the fuck can piss off. Max of 3 numbers in my bullet please.
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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7Y3b732UVw
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at some point it becomes a mortar, after that... yeah, dunno
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That would just kill you
caliber is just what percentage of an inch it is. 12.7mm (.50 cal) is exactly have of an inch.