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minus-squareSparroHawc@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoEh. There IS a gun that works worse at close range, but it is very much not in production and its ammo is very, very hard to source. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrojet In that sense, you could say it’s a dead gun.
minus-squarePat_Riot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoWiki says it’s a rocket launcher. That’s not the same thing as a gun.
minus-squareSparroHawc@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoIt’s pistol-sized, pistol-shaped, and it fires projectiles. It’s effectively a gun. The projectiles just happen to be self-propelled instead of having a casing with gunpowder.
Eh. There IS a gun that works worse at close range, but it is very much not in production and its ammo is very, very hard to source.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrojet
In that sense, you could say it’s a dead gun.
Wiki says it’s a rocket launcher. That’s not the same thing as a gun.
It’s an RPB!
It’s pistol-sized, pistol-shaped, and it fires projectiles. It’s effectively a gun. The projectiles just happen to be self-propelled instead of having a casing with gunpowder.