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According to wikipedia a battleship 16" gun fires a 2700 lb shell at a muzzle velocity 2690 fps with a range of up to 24 miles.
A high power rifle bullet at that muzzle velocity can only be expected to travel 1-2 miles. Why the discrepancy?
If both objects leave the muzzle at 2960 fps they both are free flying at the point they leave the muzzle. Everything I thought I had learned about rate of fall is that two objects of different mass fall at the same rate...in other words...are effected by gravity the same way. Both projectiles have the same initial velocity, and are effected by gravity the same way...why the difference in distance?
tex
A high power rifle bullet at that muzzle velocity can only be expected to travel 1-2 miles. Why the discrepancy?
If both objects leave the muzzle at 2960 fps they both are free flying at the point they leave the muzzle. Everything I thought I had learned about rate of fall is that two objects of different mass fall at the same rate...in other words...are effected by gravity the same way. Both projectiles have the same initial velocity, and are effected by gravity the same way...why the difference in distance?
tex