There was once a pistol that made it a truly silent shot that killed the enemy in silence.
It was also done absolutely recoilless, and the shot was almost shock-free.
Such a miraculous pistol was eliminated in such an excellent performance.
This is the American's brain-hole pistol - the Gyrojet rocket pistol.
The idea of rocket and missile ** originated in the 60s, the era of rocket and missile omnipotence.
It was a time when rocket technology was advancing by leaps and bounds, and everything was thought about rockets or rocket engines.
At that time, the United States put forward the idea of rocket bullets, which was originally a complete set of light rockets including rifle machine guns, but with the advent of the first pistol, the testing of rocket bullets was gradually carried out, and the follow-up development work was stopped.
Rocket projectiles are at the heart of this system.
*The name of the system is gyrojet, which is an abbreviation for "gyroscopically stabilizing its projectiles".
The bullet adopts an integrated design, that is, unlike the traditional gun bullet, the cartridge case itself is connected to the warhead, and the cartridge case is a rocket engine.
There are 4 slightly inclined nozzle holes at the tail of the bullet, and the launch is to ignite the rocket engine, and the bullet accelerates and rotates at high speed under the action of the rocket engine.
Such bullets, first of all, have no recoil.
Because it is a rocket engine, the bullet flies on its own power, and the gun itself does not bear the force.
And it's really noiseless.
In traditional firearms, the bullet burns and expands the gunpowder gas in the chamber, and when it flies out of the barrel, it expands at high speed and causes a loud sound, even with various sound suppression measures, in fact, it is difficult to avoid.
Rocket bullets do not have this problem, they do a real quiet gun.
At the same time, the gun itself can also be done very simply, because there is no shelling action, there is no recoil cushioning, etc.
Moreover, this bullet fully reflects the advantages of the rocket, and the range is extraordinarily long.
The test showed that at 322 meters, it still had a speed of 192 meters and seconds, which is super powerful for a pistol.
There are so many advantages, but in the end they were completely abandoned by the US military.
The reason is very simple, it cannot be satisfied as the most basic function.
The first is precision.
As a rocket, there is a natural problem, that is, the initial velocity is too low, and the speed is not enough to cause it to be too susceptible to external disturbances.
That is, a small wind, and the bullet does not know how to fly to the **.
In fact, this is also a natural problem with uncontrolled rockets, and the accuracy of uncontrolled rockets is not as good as that of body control.
The second is that although the range is long, this is a gradual acceleration process, and the speed at close range is too low, and the penetration force is very low.
That is, the magic of beating people at close range.
Even at a long distance, the power is still insufficient, and the reason for this is that the actual warhead is too light, and the ammunition is full of propellants, and the whole is an empty shell.
And that so-called silent long-range attack is also a beautiful idea.
Although it is silent, the visual effect is quite large, after all, it is a rocket engine, a bullet with fire and smoke, and it doesn't matter if there is a sound or not.
With the test being carried out, the US military completely gave up the brain hole of rocket bombs, and later this ** also engaged in a civilian version, but the bullets are too expensive and there is no market.
This kind of **, but not completely disappeared, later a signal transmitter of the US military used this kind of rocket projectile, it is said that because the gun is very light, it is very suitable for the pilot's distress equipment, has been equipped.
Lightweight and high-range, the launcher is ultra-simple, and the rocket bullet has found a suitable use.