That or a very low rate of fire.

High accuracy, low rate would definitely be my choice if I were to design one of those things ... but my motto is "first, do no evil". So weapons of any type are off my projects list.

 

General Patton was an advocate for suppressive fire. Keep your enemies too busy ducking to do any evil. Also known as the “spray and pray” method which is argumentative.

 

I wonder what an efficiently sized heatsink would look like on a rifle all of a sudden.

 

Chinese nuclear-powered torpedoes could be fired in 'swarm' over thousands of miles

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Each torpedo would use a throwaway nuclear reactor to propel it to and maintain its cruising speed of over 30 knots (56 kph or 35 mph) for 200 hours before being dumped to the seafloor and using a battery to power a conventional weapon strike.

 

Chinese nuclear-powered torpedoes could be fired in 'swarm' over thousands of miles
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Totally impractical but a nice Chinese propaganda press release.

 

A muzzle brake can greatly reduce recoil by redirecting some of the gases to cancel it.

 

A muzzle brake can greatly reduce recoil by redirecting some of the gases to cancel it.

They work but at the cost of blasting the guy next to you. It still hurts the shooter.

 

Muzzle brakes are about the only option for single-shot bolted breech actions on fixed barrels. Also used on pistols not only to reduce recoil but also muzzle rise. On large howitzers that use a bolted breech, the entire barrel assembly is suspended and recoil reduced hydraulically along with muzzle braking.

 

A gas operated semi automatic would be best for a drone weapon system. It's amazing how little recoil is felt from an M-16A2, the buffer tube absorbs much of the recoil. The drones are pretty beefy and not the small DJI ones used for video. I'm guessing they start with .223 caliber and go from there. Remove the hand grips, butt stock, hand guards, iron sights... etc.

 

Any of the existing solutions to minimize the effect or strength of recoil could be also compensated by the drone propeller system. Reversing one of the engines in a carefully timed manner would counteract any remaining recoil force and maintain level. Blue skying here.

 

Don't leave the door open.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1544797070883684353

 

Drones are quickly becoming WMDs! Really quite amazing how the normal everyday "toys" are being adapted for "guerilla" warfare. Other than payload capacity, the utilization of hobby drones in warfare effectiveness vs. multimillion-dollar military ones has been quite cost-effective considering the value of military materials being destroyed.

 

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/26/22453042/merlin-labs-autonomous-flight-startup-stealth-funding

 

It has to be coming but there is one small problem. Air Traffic Control isn't able to cope with the traffic they are experiencing today! Especially with small planes whose crashes have increased. ATC is one area where fully autonomous control may not be the answer...
Two Planes Collided at Miami International Airport (jalopnik.com)