Comments by "Shawn R" (@shawnr771) on "Browning M1917: America's World War One Heavy Machine Gun" video.

  1. Eks calybur Thar would be an understatement of his skills and talent.
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  2. Xelbiuj I had always thought of wrapping the barrel in copper tubing and possibly using some thing like freon. Although I have very little idea how to make this work practically.
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  3. Gotcha about the cold I was thinking about the rotation of Apollo 13 to warm up the tanks right before the malfunction. Either way it would be nice if we could make it into outer space in peace and not need weapons. But that aint gonna happen.
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  4. Laenthal Yes it would not be practical at all but quite possibly a neat concept weapon.
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  5. Warriorcat49 Why would you need freon? A firearm in space presents numerous challenges. Aside from recoil which would affect the user as much as the intended target. Equal and opposite reaction thing. Among other things keeping the barrel cool if you had to would be as simple as the end of the barrel in the extreme cold of space. In my opinion firearms in space would not be very practical. If fired in orbit a cloud of bullets potentially highly effective against your target could become and orbiting cloud of destruction. Probably better to stick to energy weapons.
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  6. Etakon Changes in doctrine and tactics.
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