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  2. Muzzle velocity - Wikipedia

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    For projectiles in unpowered flight, its velocity is highest at leaving the muzzle and drops off steadily because of air resistance.Projectiles traveling less than the speed of sound (about 340 m/s (1,100 ft/s) in dry air at sea level) are subsonic, while those traveling faster are supersonic and thus can travel a substantial distance and even hit a target before a nearby observer hears the ...

  3. Bullet - Wikipedia

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    Expanding bullet loaded in a 6.5×55mm before and after expanding. The long base and small expanded diameter show that this is a bullet designed for deep penetration on large game. The bullet in the photo traveled more than halfway through a moose before coming to rest, performing as designed.

  4. Speed of sound - Wikipedia

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    More simply, the speed of sound is how fast vibrations travel. At 20 °C (68 °F), the speed of sound in air, is about 343 m/s (1,125 ft/s; 1,235 km/h; 767 mph; 667 kn), or 1 km in 2.91 s or one mile in 4.69 s. It depends strongly on temperature as well as the medium through which a sound wave is propagating.

  5. Subsonic ammunition - Wikipedia

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    Subsonic loads for 9×19mm Parabellum commonly use 9.5 g (147 gr) bullets at velocities of 300 m/s (980 ft/s). For these ammunition loads, balancing bullet weight and velocity are required to ensure that the ammunition will still reliably cycle semi-automatic firearms. Subsonic ammunition with normal bullet weights often fails to function ...

  6. Orders of magnitude (speed) - Wikipedia

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    6.7 × 10 −7 to 2.5 × 105: 1 × 10 −15 to 3.7 × 10 −14: Calculated speed of an amoeba. [5] 10 −6: 1.52 × 10 −6: 5.4 × 10 −6: 3.4 × 10 −6: 5.1 × 10 −15: Speed of a cellular vesicle propelled by a motor protein. [6] 105: 1.02 × 105: 3.67 × 105: 2.28 × 105: 3.40 × 10 −14: Speed of the tip of a 7 cm ...

  7. Rate of fire - Wikipedia

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    However, due to the weight of the ammunition, sustained fire is constrained by ammunition payload, as many aircraft cannons only carry enough ammunition for a few seconds' worth of firing; for example, the F-16 Falcon and its variants carry 511 rounds of 20mm ammunition, and the F-22 Raptor carries a similar amount at 480 rounds, which equates ...

  8. Ben Joyce's 105.5-mph strikeout pitch is fastest ever. Angels ...

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    The first pitch was 104.8 mph, the second 104.5 mph and the third 103.2 mph. Witt, one of the best young hitters in baseball, swung through all three.

  9. Physics of firearms - Wikipedia

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    Let m b and v b stand for the mass and velocity of the bullet, the latter just before hitting the target, and let m t and v t stand for the mass and velocity of the target after being hit. Conservation of momentum requires m b v b = m t v t. Solving for the target's velocity gives v t = m b v b / m t = 0.016 kg × 360 m/s / 77 kg = 0.07 m/s = 0 ...