Re: Underwater Weapons

[Roger Burton West <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On or about Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 09:33:47PM +0800, Bill Gant typed:

>Obviously, the tremendous slowing effect that water must have on a 9mm
>bullet is causing it to have a substantially inferior penetration ability
>compared with dry land firing. Which leads me to wonder, aren't there any
>specialised underwater ammunition available? Perhaps with a smaller calibre,
>more streamlined in shape (flechette-like) to reduce drag?

Drag is going to be a problem whatever shape the round is. Smaller
calibre just means less momentum... if I wanted to use firearms
underwater, I'd be looking at rocket or mini-torpedo weapons,
something that could supply acceleration after firing.

Roger