TP-82: The Gun Cosmonauts Carried On Space Missions

[Double Naught Spy]

Here is a neat video...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDE0dyMp99Q

 

[FIVETWOSEVEN]

Considering the lack of oxygen, my guess is that the primer would not even ignite the powder.

People have shot guns underwater many times before.

 

[Detritus]

Modern propellants (smokeless power) does not contain saltpeter.

but it does NOT take an external source of oxygen (atmosphere) for modern ammo to fire. lot less oxygen needed for powder combustion than folks think.

firing modern ammo in a vacuum does work. both we and the soviets researched this issue, in case the cold war "went hot" in space/orbit. heck the soviets put a defensive gun on one of their early space-stations using the same R-23 cannon as used in the tail turret of the TU-22.

 

[herkyguy]

Thinking the same thing myself after posting I had to look on the internet and found that the saltpeter in gunpowder is in itself oxygen rich. I also learned that sound does not travel in a vacuum so it would be quiet too.

So if it's silent do they need a tax stamp for it??

Don't worry guys, I've already alerted the DOJ about the new threat posed by silenced guns in space.

 

[george burns]

Will that stop a bear? Why not a 50 or 44 mag? You would have more than 1 shot at a time, and it would probably be more useful, if they had them back then.