China Builds A Recoilless 7.62 Round… For Drones!

By Zac K

Drone warfare is here to stay, and around the world, military researchers are figuring out how to arm these small unmanned aerial vehicles. One of the most recent breakthroughs we hear of is from China, where scientists have developed a new recoilless 7.62-caliber cartridge, intended to arm drones.7.62 Soviet @ TFB: Russian 7.62x25mm Factory Ammunition with Backwards Loaded Bullets from 7.62x39mm Gun Review: Primary Weapons Systems Diablo 7.75″ in 7.62x39mm Hornady’s NEW Subsonic 7.62×39 Load And Expanded Sub-X Bullet Lineup Strange Guns: Czech Live Fire 7.62x39mm Training Rocket

Arming unmanned aircraftThe ongoing conflict in Ukraine has shown the lethal capability of even consumer-level drones, but the smaller versions come with some restrictions. The idea behind these Chinese researchers’ study was to allow a small drone to fire a bullet without its stability being thrown too off-kilter.

The news reports from China are not entirely clear on how the researchers achieved this goal and no doubt

Source: The Firearm Blog