> On Nov 25, 2016, at 4:04 AM, Graham Donald (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
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> Just spotted this 1965 document on projected hand held space-weapon designs on an aerospace blog and Referees looking for unusual designs might want to check this out.
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> The blog entry which has scans of selected pages is linked below:
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> http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=33691
>

Well, given that a properly maintained conventional firearm will work in a vacuum, I don’t know that there was much need for these. A few of them are just ‘sci-fied up’ standard air rifles.

Note: fins do not work to stabilize things in a vacuum. Sharp fins on the projectile will make a serious hash of your vac suit, and you if they’re moving fast enough.

neat “color” for a low tech campaign though. A couple of those are macguyverish enough for improvised weapons, too.

figuring out range and such in a vacuum in different gravity fields could produce a lot of fun times.

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