M443 Caseless Full Metal Jacket: Difference between revisions

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By a stroke of luck, this is important to a user wielding two M7s at once, such as a SPARTAN, who would not want to have hot brass flying in his or her face from the eject port of the weapon in his left hand. The projectile itself is "jacketed," or coated, in metal (possibly copper or steel) to aid in penetration of the target. "Caseless" rounds are actually embedded into the block of propellant, reducing their length, allowing more [[ammo]] to be stored in a smaller space.

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*Real caseless weapons suffer from problems with "[[wikipedia:cooking off|cooking off]]", which is when incredible temperatures result in a cartridge firing unintentionally. Since there is nothing insulating the combustible material from the heat (one of the uses of a brass casing), even regular temperatures in the firing could result in the cartridge going off, leading to damage to the weapon, possibly even the user, or even the weapon accidentially firing. The main way to prevent cooking-off in caseless weapons is by [[wikipedia:electronic firing|electronic firing]], but this system requires a battery, which may not be in constant supply in the battlefield. However, it could be that at this point firearm technology allowed for the creation of a combustible adhesive that does not suffer from the cooking off problem modern caseless firearms suffer from.

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 By a stroke of luck, this is important to a user wielding two M7s at once, such as a SPARTAN, who would not want to have hot brass flying in his or her face from the eject port of the weapon in his left hand. The projectile itself is "jacketed," or coated, in metal (possibly copper or steel) to aid in penetration of the target. "Caseless" rounds are actually embedded into the block of propellant, reducing their length, allowing more [[ammo]] to be stored in a smaller space.
+==Trivia==
+*Real caseless weapons suffer from problems with "[[wikipedia:cooking off|cooking off]]", which is when incredible temperatures result in a cartridge firing unintentionally. Since there is nothing insulating the combustible material from the heat (one of the uses of a brass casing), even regular temperatures in the firing could result in the cartridge going off, leading to damage to the weapon, possibly even the user, or even the weapon accidentially firing. The main way to prevent cooking-off in caseless weapons is by [[wikipedia:electronic firing|electronic firing]], but this system requires a battery, which may not be in constant supply in the battlefield. However, it could be that at this point firearm technology allowed for the creation of a combustible adhesive that does not suffer from the cooking off problem modern caseless firearms suffer from.
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