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Originally Posted by vicky_molokh
Thanks. Seems in the right ballpark - a jet-mounted 30mm autocannon in one of the Pyramids has roughly twice the ½D of your calculation. I was just unsure with what it should scale, and with what it shouldn't. E.g. higher-speed bullets from ETC, LP, Gauss and Grav guns seem to have greater ranges than conventional ones.
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Realistically, they shouldn't unless they have bullets with different ballistic properties or computed range is comparable to maximum vacuum range (for a 1 km/sec bullet, about 100 km at 1G).