gyrojet ammo for our guns?
That is almost as blasphemous as lasers.Revision should change the guns to be more lethal.
I always thought we would just replace our guns with a specific-for-space version, but this will work~. We really have to get on designing moon-rockets soon.
We should revise the 9mm to work better in low or zero gravity, maybe some kind of recoil compensator, even if we make the pistol heavier, if it is more stable we can pick them off clean. As a bonus if we get a good recoil compensator we can add it to any new small firearm or vehicle machine gun designs.
((Void's comments on it)
I still believe we should increase the mass of the weapon, possibly changing its action as a way to slow rate of fire (apparently our guys aren't bright enough to set them to semi if we add more
). If we keep it at 9mm, and turn it into a large revolver, I think it will improve. A way to brace it would also be nice.
We may also look towards a shotgun-design, focused on allowing different ammunition types, we could always improvise as we went on. Something like a fag-12 or flamethrower ammunition might fix some of those nosy aiming problems.
recoil is a bitch in space, so we want little recoil, something that gyrojet nicely provides?
make them he-tipped rounds if you insist
...You are just making bolters aren't you? Frag would be more logical anyway, as they are fighting infantry.