[TML] Guns in Space!

[Rupert Boleyn]

Tod Glenn wrote:

> The big issue at long range is that a gun with 1/4 MOA precision is  
> about the nest you can hop for.  That means that at 10,000 yards,  
> your projectile has a good chance of landing somewhere within a 104.2  
> inch circle.
> 
> Precision will be the problem, not targeting.

And will mean a specially designed weapon, as modern aircraft cannon are 
not intended to have very tight grouping. In fact, to some extent the 
opposite is desirable in air combat.

-- 
Rupert Boleyn <rboleyn at ihug.co.nz>