![]() ![]() Whoever told you that crap about 16.000 megatons is not very well versed in terms of science or phisics ). Crazy when you think of it.Ĭome to think of it, maybe rifling in space would be of use as it should eliminate wobble and provide an equal amount of force as it spins ![]() I read somewhere that a 16in railgun would impact with something along the lines of 16'000 megatons and leave a creater 6mi wide. I mean a 16in railgun in space would have an astronomic amount of power, so much so that nukes would be usless in comparison. To be fair the whole universe needs to be taken with a pinch or salf and is open to interpritation. I don't even know if railguns in atmo even need rifling or how they would implement it. Im thinking along the line that you were buddy, I don't think rifling in space would make any difference. Namely that the BSG people have no idea about large calibre weaponry and how the terms are used. You taught me something about battlestar today. ![]() Originalmente postado por KG NorskaradCommand:Wow mcfly666. They do this so their is no confusion when you call the "gunner" or the "gun" for something. Sometimes in the infantry small calibre weapons are differentiated by calling guns the bigger machine gun crew served weapons (which are rifled btw) and the standard guns that most of the infantry carry called rifles (which are also rifled btw). The word simply does not mean anything else in the real world. But in military nomenclature rifled gun barrels always have grooved rifling in the barrel for better accuracy, smoothbore gun barrels do not. I don't know if rifling in space would make any difference to accuracy anyways since their is no atmosphere to cut through. I imagine they were trying to explain the difference between the effect of slaved massed fire of multiple batteries in a barrage style (termed guns in BSG) and precision aimed single sniper like weapons (termed rifles in BSG). In other words they can fire at two separate targets 180-degrees apart as they can in theory fire "over the shoulder". Since the batteries house "rifles" and not "guns" ("rifle" denotes that they can be elevated, targeted, and fired independent of each other as seen in the series, whereas, "gunned" denotes they are dependent and slaved to each other) they possess the ability to operate independently of each other, and engage independent targets in so long as the targets lay along the long axis (X-axis) of the turret. The rifles are housed in a large armored turret that extends below deck. The rifles, most likely railguns, are housed in a very similar fashion to a battleship's main batteries. From what is published and seen in the BSG series and the numerous spin offs a single turret is outfitted with two rifles (not "guns") that fire independently or in tandem. Whole quote, regardless you incorrectly assumed I was refereing to 'rifling'īattlestars rely almost exclusively on their main batteries to engage enemy capital ships. Sorry I cannot find the wiki quote you speak of in any of your posts on this page. Galactica's rail guns can fire over the top of one another so they are rifles. It's the same as the old school 1st line fire, second line fire.
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