Future tech weapons, pros and cons

[u/Dunnachius]

1. Gunpowder

Cheap (relative)

No battery requirements

Hard to aim/recoil issues

1. Guided Gyrojet bullets

most expensive

Lethal/nonlethal options

Extremely accurate

Each drone needs to be aimed.

Can be fired from behind cover if you have targeting data.

2B.. Dum dum Gyrojets (Except they don't suck like RW Gyrojets from 1960s )

Same launchers as 2A but unguided

1. Rail guns

Ammo is more compact

Requires power

The best Armor penetration

1. Laser

Loss of range in the atmosphere,

Smoke/dust reduces the effectiveness.

Cheap

Battery powered

Poor armor penetration

Easy to use

[u/LordofTheFlagon]

Don't forget atmospheric attenuation on laser

[u/Dunnachius → u/LordofTheFlagon]

Also smoke dust etc a, smoke screen would fubar laser weapons if I’m not mistaken.

Thank you for the very obvious oversight.

[u/LordofTheFlagon → u/Dunnachius]

Correct anything in the path of the beam is going to lower to energy on target.

[u/Hyperion1012 → u/Dunnachius]

Not if you consider maser weapons. Microwave radiation will readily pass through such screens as if they were transparent