Originally Posted by
Green Flash
Any plumbers in the house? Tech briefing required, please. As I understand it, the weapon is a standard cannon, presumably firing standard rounds. For the propellant to burn, would it not need oxygen? Last time I looked, there wasn't exactly an abundance of that stuff in orbit. Standing by to be edumacated!
It carries it's own oxidizer... probably NHClO4 ( Ammonium perchlorate) rockets, even firework rockets will function in space. So will ammo rounds smokeless powder contains it's own oxidizer too. Actually,it self oxidizes