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Because submarines are still ships that can be boarded. This is more for defense of the crew vs offense.
by John23832 1y ago
Because submarines are still ships that can be boarded. This is more for defense of the crew vs offense.
- FirmwareBurner 1y agoFiring rounds inside a nuclear submarine? Isn't it like firing a gun inside a plane?
- John23832 1y agoYes. What's wrong with that? A 9mm, buck shot, or even a 556 (which they are not using on a sub) is not piercing the pressure hull of a submarine. That's before considering all the other mass of metal and matter within the sub.
- esseph 1y ago5.56 is fine in a sub. Technically firing a .50 / 12.7mm should be fine for the hull even with API. Bulkheads are thick. (Note: SynTech / frangible ammo preferred)
- happytoexplain 1y agoI mean, I guess there's more risk of ricochets and equipment damage on a sub than a ship? Regardless, a lot of "don't do that" things become "you might have to do that" things in a combat scenario.
- exar0815 1y agoThere are a lot of things that don't react well to bullets in a submarine. One Jack Ryan comes to mind...
- rtkwe 1y agoIt's definitely a thing you don't do without good reason (enemy boarding action/mutiny) but remember subs are designed to survive nearby explosions underwater; there's redundancy and there's massive amounts of time spent training damage control where your repair or work around damaged systems.