1. Standard memberwolfgang59
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    19 Feb '10 09:131 edit
    Originally posted by AThousandYoung
    Guns don't work underwater.
    This one does.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mk_1_Underwater_Defense_Gun

    and see
    http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/06/underwater_guns
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    19 Feb '10 11:08
    Originally posted by zeeblebot
    torpedo tube is a gun?
    Why not?

    First definition here: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gun

    1. A weapon consisting of a metal tube from which a projectile is fired at high velocity into a relatively flat trajectory.
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    20 Feb '10 01:382 edits
    Originally posted by Palynka
    Why not?

    First definition here: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gun

    1. A weapon consisting of a metal tube from which a projectile is fired at high velocity into a relatively flat trajectory.
    Torpedoes are self propelled. Gun projectiles are not (unless labelled "rocket assisted ordinance" and even then the rockets only come on near the target).

    That's what makes something a projectile; lack of it's own propulsion (I think).
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    20 Feb '10 01:40
    Originally posted by wolfgang59
    This one does.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mk_1_Underwater_Defense_Gun

    and see
    http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/06/underwater_guns
    Tungsten darts...that makes sense.
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