Casless ammo in future guns

Rockwolf66 · #1 07-19-2010, 04:19 AM

From what a friend on a cyberpunk forum told me that while the G11 was really neat to shoot it had it's issues that hurt is badly as a serious combat rifle. heck I can think of alot of issues with just the ammo alone.

Excalibur · #2 07-19-2010, 11:53 AM

I never like the G11's look. It didn't feel very practical looking with suck a bulk. There's no way you can quickly get the mag out and reload in a conventional manner. It's like a reverse P90 magazine.

Spartan198 · #3 07-19-2010, 01:25 PM

Caseless ammo, I've really got no specific opinion on. If they can make it, and a weapon to go along with it, soldier-proof, great. But if that doesn't work, the brass case has served us well and will continue to do so.

But I'm in the same boat as Excalibur about the G11. It looks way too bulky and square to be practical. If they could have put it into a more practical "skin" like the M16 or SCAR, I'd be a lot more enthusiastic about it.

k9870 · #4 07-19-2010, 02:31 PM

How well does it work? You would expect some guns using it if it worked well.

PersonOfInterest · #5 07-19-2010, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by k9870

How well does it work? You would expect some guns using it if it worked well.

It doesn't work because it's prone to overheating. A lot of heat is dispersed during the normal operation of ejecting a cartridge. There's no ejection port in a caseless design, nor is there a hot brass cartridge to absorb all the heat, so it all goes directly into the chamber and sits there until it melts and causes all sorts of nasty malfunctions.

k9870 · #6 07-19-2010, 06:18 PM

And they haven't come up with a way to cool it?

PersonOfInterest · #7 07-19-2010, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by k9870

And they haven't come up with a way to cool it?

They'll get right on that as soon as they figure out flying cars and growing new organs in jars.

Markost · #8 07-19-2010, 06:20 PM

LSAT machine gun:
http://world.guns.ru/machine/mg97-e.htm