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Bullet lift, does it exist?
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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 177527" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Smooth bore mortars are fin stabilized much like an arrow. If you put the drag force far behind the CG then you will achieve a slightly different result than with spin staiblized projectiles. As stated a 4.2 mortar is spin staiblized.</p><p></p><p>Fin stabilized projectiles have a whistle from the holes in the fins and you will know when to make your peace with your maker from the sound of the whistle, except sometimes you are just lucky and there is a lot of humus and it buries far into it before it detonates.</p><p></p><p>Unstable spin stabilized projectiles (known as "short rounds") actually tumble and you will also hear them coming and they make a "whoop, whoop, whoop" sound that gets louder as it comes closer. Your ears can actually calculate whether you are fixing to be meeting St Peter in the next few nanoseconds. Because they are tumbling they come at you pretty slow so you can jump right or left or just grit your teeth and pray. Once again, if you have been living right and eating your brocoli it may land badly and not detonate immediately, at which time you run like a sumbitch and wait a while and carefully ease back and get your rifle and ammo and gear. You do not go close to that round because St Peter might change his mind and decide he wants to see you.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 177527, member: 8"] Smooth bore mortars are fin stabilized much like an arrow. If you put the drag force far behind the CG then you will achieve a slightly different result than with spin staiblized projectiles. As stated a 4.2 mortar is spin staiblized. Fin stabilized projectiles have a whistle from the holes in the fins and you will know when to make your peace with your maker from the sound of the whistle, except sometimes you are just lucky and there is a lot of humus and it buries far into it before it detonates. Unstable spin stabilized projectiles (known as "short rounds") actually tumble and you will also hear them coming and they make a "whoop, whoop, whoop" sound that gets louder as it comes closer. Your ears can actually calculate whether you are fixing to be meeting St Peter in the next few nanoseconds. Because they are tumbling they come at you pretty slow so you can jump right or left or just grit your teeth and pray. Once again, if you have been living right and eating your brocoli it may land badly and not detonate immediately, at which time you run like a sumbitch and wait a while and carefully ease back and get your rifle and ammo and gear. You do not go close to that round because St Peter might change his mind and decide he wants to see you.:D [/QUOTE]
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