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Or if you have a limited supply of gunpowder but a way to make sufficient numbers of appropriately shaped projectiles, an air rifle would do the job and is much

Or if you have a limited supply of gunpowder but a way to make sufficient numbers of appropriately shaped projectiles, an air rifle would do the job and is much lighter and simpler than a trebuchet.

knodi123 28d ago
Isn't it true that you can never generate a supersonic projectile with just air pressure?
- mnw21cam 27d ago
  I don't believe that is true - rockets produce a very supersonic airflow from gas pressure.
  - knodi123 22d ago
    I looked into it. Yes, you're correct, I was wrong. Although there is a speed limit of mach 5 (theoretical, not reachable in practice!) for shockwaves in normal atmosphere.