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Firing rounds inside a nuclear submarine? Isn't it like firing a gun inside a plane?
by FirmwareBurner 1y ago
Firing 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.