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Rifling

technology Maturity 7-9

Some tubes have lines inside.

GAU-8 bore.jpg
GAU-8 bore.jpg
These lines make things spin. Spinning helps things fly straight. It helps them hit a target. This makes them very good.
Zuege.jpg
Zuege.jpg
Do you like to see things spin?

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File:105mm tank gun Rifling.jpg
105mm tank gun Rifling.jpg
File:Rifling of a cannon (M75; 90mm; y.1891; Austro-Hungarian; exposed in Ljubljana, Slovenia).jpg
Rifling of a cannon (M75; 90mm; y.1891;...
File:GAU-8 bore.jpg
GAU-8 bore.jpg
File:Zuege.jpg
Zuege.jpg
File:Rus122shrapnel.JPG
Rus122shrapnel.JPG
File:Cannonball equiped with winglets for rifled cannons circa 1860.jpg
Cannonball equiped with winglets for...
File:Shell La Hitte.jpg
Shell La Hitte.jpg
File:parrottgun.jpg
parrottgun.jpg
File:Aciéries de Saint-Chamond - Rayage des canons de 75 - Saint-Chamond - Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine - APZ0001439.jpg
Aciéries de Saint-Chamond - Rayage des...
File:7,62x39 bullets - unfired and fired.JPG
7,62x39 bullets - unfired and fired.JPG
File:7,62mm G3 oder MG3.jpg
7,62mm G3 oder MG3.jpg
File:Polygonal vs normal rifling.svg
Polygonal vs normal rifling.svg

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