I wonder if "open-cycle liquid cooling" could be adapted for a
counter-thrust mechanism to handle recoil.
I've got this image of a bunch  of vents around various points on the
weapon, and a computer that decides which ones to open.
Obviously, that's more than TL7...

On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 7:48 PM, Ethan McKinney
<xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
> Even more so when there's no air-cooling for the gun.
>
> Not sure how much this limited the 23mm the Soviets test-fired. Probably
> doesn't matter much with a handgun in a short fight, but anything like a
> machine-gun or in a long fight is going to face problems.
>
> Open-cycle liquid cooling is the most likely candidate.
>
>
> On Nov 27, 2016 6:32 PM, "Kurt Feltenberger (via tml list)"
> <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 11/27/2016 9:28 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
>>>
>>> In fact, caseless might be at a disadvantage here, because conventional
>>> brass cases utilize the case to form a seal in the end of the firing
>>> chamber, do they not? They form a new chamber each round; whereas a caseless
>>> one has a single chamber, subject to thermal expansion.
>>
>>
>> The brass case also helps remove heat from the system, always a big plus
>> with firearms.
>>
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