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Originally Posted by Prince Charon
Experimental Space Guns
Thoughts?
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The conventional guns will fail rapidly if used for multiple shots. Even if they aren't machine guns you're still trying to use air-cooled weapons where there is no air. Water-cooled guns need to be redesigned to keep the water in until it boils off. Also to keep the water above freezing and below boiling when that might be the local temperature due to solar heating or lack there of.
The rocket guns might be okay but the projectiles will probably spray propellant residue onto the user's faceplate. Vented gasses from the conventional guns will be very hot and very high velocity and might be dangerous to soft spots in space suits.