Was just playing Call Of Duty and it got me wondering. Thanks in advance.
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Depends. I’m pretty sure most large bore guns currently used by the military work the same as regular guns, but bigger. There are railguns being experimented with that run a large electric current down a rail to fire a projectile using the lorentz force. These have the potential to have extreme range. There are also certain guns called light gas guns that achieve high speeds through sending compressed helium or hydrogen down the barrel, but to my knowledge these are used in impact related experiments and not by the military.
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