This is the most American question i've ever heard.

A stray bullet hitting a passing alien is how an interstellar war is gonna start.

The powder itself has an oxidizer in it, it doesn’t need air in the cartridge. A loose loaded muzzle loader would work in space

I love the graphic of a cartridge flying at planets after “being fired”😂. A message to the animators: When you fire a gun the bullet separates from the cartridge and is the only part that flies out of the muzzle. The spent casing gets ejected when the action cycles.

Never would have asked my self this, until Infographics came around and that question was answered. Thanks

I love how they fire the entire bullet, casing firing pin and all. Didn't have your gun expert double check the animation?

I’ve had this Question for a VERY LONG TIME now It’s finally answered “thanks InfoGraphics”

I like how the illustrations have the casing on the bullet still after it's fired

My whole life: "You can't fire a gun in space." The Matrix Simulation we're all trapped in: "There's been an update." Sound in space coming soon.

I love that they used outlines of the Covenant Carbine and UNSC Railgun.

It keeps going and going and going and going, until it hits a solid object. Mass Effect 3 showed us this.

4:30 that's not what bullets look like when they shoot out of the gun... 😂

The comparison of range based solely on the gravity differences between the Moon and Earth failed to take into account the practically nonexistent drag the Moon shooter would have. Earth's ranges are both velocity and gravity AND drag based.

I would be more interested on whether firing a gun in space would result in a recoil sending the shooter flying in the opposite direction.

Aliens: maybe they will bring flowers or other gifts to space Humans: let's test fire a gun in space. 😂

There is also the other problem not addressed, moving pieces of similar bare metal parts in space cold welds to each other. So, moving parts of the weapon will have to have dissimilar metals where they contact each other or they will need to have a high friction resistance coating on all metal parts that touch each other. On an automatic weapon, that coating would wear away pretty fast. Dissimilar metals will typically have a differing hardness and one would quickly wear down the other.

Isn't it amazing how our earth if filled with all the material properties and resources to do what we do. Most other planets are missing very key resources and many of them.

I like how the casing of the round comes out the barrel lol

Thank god they’re addressing the real questions

The oxygen is contained in the gunpowder, you don't need any air in the cartridge. Air resistance slows down bullets on earth, in space there should be little resistance since you are in a partial vacuum. And, the case stays in the gun, it doesn't go flying around with the bullet.

I love how all of these graphics of people using 1911s implies that we’re still gonna be using it when we’re in space.

Fun fact: Russian cosmonauts used to bring guns with them into space. Not for using in space, but in case they'd encounter any wild beasts while they were waiting to be rescued after their capsule landed somewhere over the Asian Steppe.

Who else hates that the “bullets” are getting shot out and the casing stays with it “not complaining just making a note”

I love the amazing amount of detail to terminology, I was expecting to hear "clip" and "fully-semiautomatic", but a small nit-pick I could offer is that the animation shown the entire cartridge to be fired rather just the tip that is actually the bullet and not the entirety of the catridge. That being said this is very well thought through I love it.

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Back with another banger, good job Infographics Show

I can't believe it, The Infographics Show animated the entire cartridge instead of just the bullet itself being fired... lol

Infographics Show has been cranking out videos covering questions I’ve wondered for years; most notably what getting shot feels like.

your videos, they're very interesting and many questions that I had were answered by ur videos, thanks.

Wow... "Space Cadet" is a real thing... I've been called this for years... Never realized.. I was simply.."ahead of my time."

*This is a certified non-hood classic!!*

I remember that scene in cowboy bebop when Spike uses it to propel himself to safety.

It surprises me to know a gun could even be fired in space at all. I was thinking zero gravity would affect where the bullet went how fast and how far before killing your target

Wouldn't you also be Hit by the full force of the recoil when firing a gun in Zero gravity?

6:06 the first drawing looks a off a lot like the covenant carbine from halo lol

when the thumbnail is sus

Imagine a minigun in space..

Love this Show _!_ Btw, The Bullet is the things that shoots out, not the brass cartridge with the bullet. LoL

Love that the shots fire have the casings too lol

I've always wanted to know what would happen if you did this thanks for answering my questions!

One correction: Soviet Union's first space station had a 20MM cannon, and I believe they did test fire it at least once.

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I personally feel like you missed this one. When you were worried about the bullets coming across million degree solar winds and you used an ultra rare metal to combat this heat flux, bullets need to be cheap and not comprised of rare metals that we will never see again. Also I don’t think solar flares between you and your target a really an issue. I feel like a more practical approach would consist of possibly stainless steel rail guns firing magnetic steel discs. As you only need to tear the space suit not necessarily influct trauma damage. You could use an ultra high velocity with minimal mass. But a larger impact profile. Gyroscopic effect for aim down range and yet still doubt the fire fight would sustain ranges beyond practical ability.

You could also run into an issue with the parts cold-welding together.

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Imagine having melted glock slides and grip in space. This statement is made by the 1911 gang

4:18 And I thought the Drill Instructor in Mass Effect 2 was making things up. :D

The cartridge will fire not because of the air in the cartridge, but because explosives require an oxidizer, and a reducer (fuel). It has everything it needs to work in an anoxic enviroment.

What about cold welding? Wouldn’t the action of a firearm cycling in a vacuum instantly weld the moving parts together (so long as they were made of metal)?

You guys left out the small issue of firing a gun in zero G. The fact that you'd spin backwards and lose half the velocity to recoil. In zero G you can't brace against the shot and use your own body to buffer the recoil into the ground. So you'd basically spin backwards, head over heels. Recoil-less guns are pretty much the future of space combat because combustion ammunition doesn't work in low/zero G.

all you would need is a weapon containing two tiny spinning wheels to launch a dart (like a baseball pitching machine). it only needs to puncture the space suit render the combatant unable to remain in the fight

The Soviets tested an aircraft cannon in Space on Salyut 3, and this is fairly well known. They had a modified Rikhter R-23 cannon onboard, and test fired it when the Cosmonauts had left for safely reasons. So yes, it's possible to fire a gun in space as it's literally been done before.

30 seconds up and already 50+ likes. This video is going to be great just seeing that.

5:04: Wait, what? Are you saying that being drawn into planetary orbit would impart velocity to the bullet? The speed at which objects must travel to remain in orbit is dependent on their characteristics; such object won't, however, somehow gather kinetic energy from having come closer to another body.

I think this would be a very nice way of introducing the Space Corps or the Space Marines of the world militaries

I swear 75% of people who "know about guns" don't even understand how a bullet cartridge works😂

I love how tungsten means "Heavy Stone" In Swedish. 🤣

You gotta love how creators who have no experience with guns always have images in their videos of bullets with the cartridges still attached 😂

I have often thought this in sci-fi games that use guns that don’t seem to be specified for that environment.

Also, the maximum ranges are if you fire these rounds at a 45 degree incline, not a flat plane. As soon as the bullet leaves the gun if it is level it will drop, that's why you have to aim up a little if you want the bullet to go further.

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You could've made this into a short and just said "yes, because of the oxygen inside the casing" you would've likely got way more views

You have the ability to communicate to a lot of people and maybe bring the REAL narrative and possibly save lives of vets during this tough time. Cowboy up hoss and use this channel to make a difference.

0:42 i love when doge is on the rocketship

Would they really use tungsten to produce weapons though? Doesn't tungsten have one of the highest weight to volume ratios (apart from radioactive elements)?

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Got my answer. I genuinely thought the bullet will travel on forever but I did forget about the magnetic pull the rocks and plants have. But hey 👀 wonder how far it would go into space

Unfortunately, you neglected to take into account that 5.56mm and 7.62mm rounds are jacketed. Copper-covered lead.

Some Russian finally stepping on the moon: Я наконец сделал это, моя мечта сбылась Stray bullet racing across the moon: Im about to end this man's whole career

Best idea I could come up with would be a air or gas cooled metalstorm system. I would really like to hear everyone suggestions. I am a idea guy, not an engineer.

8:02 I love how Mercury has a little face

“This guns been working in space?” “Always has been”

It’s crazy how we haven’t even explored all of the ocean before we decided to go to space

In space, bullet casings stay attached to bullets when fired. Space mechanics are strange indeed.

Here’s something interesting. The effective ranges are likely inaccurate. The reason for this is that there is no atmospheric pressure, as well as no air resistance. The velocity of a projectile exiting a firearm by use of expanding gases would likely be higher than normal due to the difference in pressure between the chamber and barrel inside the firearm and outside of it. Some higher powered firearms may even explode when fired due to this fact and would be in need of modification. Barrels would be shot out faster due to the higher velocity projectiles eating at the rifling. Changing the bullets to a harder material would accelerate this further. Recoil operated weapons would likely be unaffected in function, however gas operated weapons would likely either run harshly due to accelerated venting of gas, or would not function at all. Recoil mitigation would become a high priority to reduce unwanted movement while firing in low gravity. So many things to consider. This is what happens when I think too much at 1 in the morning lol.

This is so funny I literally was wondering what would happen if this happened like two days ago. What a coincidence he makes a video on it

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I like it how the cartridge is flying with the bullet lol.

Hey infografics show. Just wanna say amazing work as always. But just 1 thing. When u fire a bullet. The entire cartridge does not fly with it 😂.other than that. Keep up the good and amazing videos

The Infographics Show is that channel that always answers a lot of my shower thoughts

2:30 Can we talk about the dude using a holo sight as a grip for his minigun?

Recoil is a momentum transfer phenomenon, and thus mass is extremely important, along with velocity. The basic momentum transfer equation is as follows: m1v1 = m2v2 Where: m1 = mass of a 9mm Parabellum bullet = 2.02 g = 0.00202 kg v1 = muzzle velocity of a 9mm Parabellum bullet = 335 m/s mh = average North American human mass = 81kg ms = average North American spacesuit mass = 127 kg m2 = total spacesuited human mass = 208 kg v2 = recoil velocity of spacesuited human = to be determined m1v1 = m2v2 m1v1/m2 = v2 v2 = m1v1/m2 v2 = (0.00202 kg)(335 m/s)/(208 kg) v2 = 0.003253365 m/s RECOIL VELOCITY

I like how the whole bullet was being shot at, I was dissapointed af

Definitely looking forward to this scenario on the next Expendables

I really, really, really, really, really, really love that Celsius is being used.

2:28 are we not gonna talk about how cursed this is

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Another major concern of metal objects in space is vacuum welding. Since there is no gas molecules separating & oxydizing the surface layer, as soon as you end up with two pieces of the same metal touching each other, they'll start fusing on the molecular level, no matter the temperature (asuming it's above absolute zero of course)

Looks like Juno was mad

I've questioned this for so long

I totally thought this video was going to be about recoil in low gravity.

I don't think the people that made the graphics for this video have ever fired a gun before.

The one thing I took away from this: "Hold up, that's a Carbine from Halo! Sneaky sneaky."

The recoil would be horrendous. You’d have to make sure you’re really anchored down. Guns would be really useful in space because it has good range, it’s easy to make, and it would be useful for defense and offense, which inevitably follows people wherever they go.

No mention of the pressure difference between an atmosphere or a vacuum on the cartidge. And I don't mean lack of oxygen. The bullets would come out at a higher velocity(there is a vacuum pulling on the bullet nose so these ranges need to be re-calculated). Different gun powder would probably need to be used. To get more technical, different types of operation may/may not work. Manually operated would be fine(and so would Gatling) but semi-autos may not work. Gas operated would over pressurize anything at/after the gas block(i think). Blowback would need a different spring rate. Delayed recoil operated might need re-engineering. I'm not an engineer nor a firearms manufacturer so i don't know 100%. I'd like to hear more about this!

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"Here at The Infographics Show, we fire the whole bullet! That's 65% more bullet, per bullet!"

Another problem would be 'Vacuum Welding' since small parts tend to weld themselves together in a hard vacuum....Things like springs, etc. would become useless...

Wow 😳 I was thinking abt this thing for some days what a coincidence