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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. .220 Swift - Wikipedia

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    The prototype for the .220 Swift was developed in 1934–35 by Grosvenor Wotkyns who necked down the .250-3000 Savage as a means of achieving very high velocities. However the final commercial version developed by Winchester is based on the 6mm Lee Navy cartridge necked down, but besides inheriting headspacing on its rim from the parent, a feature already considered obsolete by 1930s, the ...

  4. List of vehicle speed records - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of speed records for various types of ... formerly the world's fastest human-powered vehicle ... Venturi Buckeye Bullet 3: Roger Schroer 19 ...

  5. Bullet - Wikipedia

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    This worked well for low-speed bullets, fired at velocities of less than 450 m/s (1,475 ft/s). For slightly higher-speed bullets fired in modern firearms, a harder alloy of lead and tin or typesetter's lead (used to mold linotype) works very well. For even higher-speed bullet use, jacketed lead bullets are used.

  6. China unveils prototype for what could be the world’s fastest ...

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    Once in commercial service, it could be the fastest high-speed train in the world, surpassing China’s current CR400 model, which debuted in 2017 and operates at 350 kilometers (217 miles) per hour.

  7. Orders of magnitude (speed) - Wikipedia

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    Typical speed of Thiovulum majus, the fastest-swimming bacterium. [10] 10 −3: 0.00178: 0.00641: 0.00398: 5.94 × 10 −12: The speed of a particle orbiting a ball of lead of radius 1 m near its surface under its gravity (that is, the first cosmic speed for this ball). 0.00275: 0.00990: 0.00615: 9.17 × 10 −12: World record speed of the ...

  8. Tiny California mite sets record as world's fastest ... - AOL

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    The title of "fastest land animal" doesn't belong to the cheetah or Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt -- instead, it goes to a tinier creature. Much tinier. ... If Bolt could move with speed relative to ...

  9. Hypersonic weapon - Wikipedia

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    The Silbervogel was the first design for a hypersonic weapon and was developed by German scientists in the 1930s, but was never constructed. [6]The ASALM (Advanced Strategic Air-Launched Missile) was a medium-range strategic missile program developed in the late 1970s for the United States Air Force; the missile's development reached the stage of propulsion-system testing, test-flown to Mach 5 ...