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Jan Herich's avatar

I would speculate they are not classic smoothbore cannons either, as shot from large caliber cannon without any sort of recoil mechanism could easily damage/destroy the drone.

I think they are recoilless guns, just open tube with explosive charge in the middle, projectile in front and counterweight behind (look-up original Panzerfaust operating principle).

There is no simpler way to construct firearm really, and they have very low max barrel pressures for given projectile energy, so maybe even PVC tube as barrel would work...

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Vadim's avatar

Let's call them "Flying Arquebuses" then :-)

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