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  2. Recoil - Wikipedia

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    In technical terms, the recoil is a result of conservation of momentum, as according to Newton's third law the force required to accelerate something will evoke an equal but opposite reactional force, which means the forward momentum gained by the projectile and exhaust gases will be mathematically balanced out by an equal and opposite momentum ...

  3. Physics of firearms - Wikipedia

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    According to Newtonian mechanics, if the gun and shooter are at rest initially, the force on the bullet will be equal to that on the gun-shooter. This is due to Newton's third law of motion (For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction). Consider a system where the gun and shooter have a combined mass m g and the bullet has a mass m b.

  4. Glossary of firearms terms - Wikipedia

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    Recoil: The backward momentum of a gun when it is discharged. In technical terms, the recoil caused by the gun exactly balances the forward momentum of the projectile, according to Newton's third law. (often called kickback or simply kick). Recoil operation: An operating mechanism used in locked-breech, autoloading firearms. As the name implies ...

  5. Recoil operation - Wikipedia

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    Recoil operation is an operating mechanism used to implement ... to move down the barrel also cause all or a portion of the firearm to move in the opposite ...

  6. Transpulmonary pressure - Wikipedia

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    For a given lung volume, the transpulmonary pressure is equal and opposite to the elastic recoil pressure of the lung. The transpulmonary pressure vs volume curve of inhalation (usually plotted as volume as a function of pressure) is different from that of exhalation, the difference being described as hysteresis. Lung volume at any given ...

  7. Blank (cartridge) - Wikipedia

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    A 7.62×51mm NATO crimped blank cartridge. The appearance of a blank cartridge can give a false sense of safety. Although blank cartridges do not contain a bullet, precautions are still required because fatalities and severe injuries have resulted on occasions when blank cartridges have been fired at very close ranges.

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  9. Comparison of the AK-47 and M16 - Wikipedia

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    [153] The M16's straight-line recoil design, where the recoil spring is located in the stock directly behind the action, [152] and serves the dual function of operating spring and recoil buffer. [152] The stock being in line with the bore also reduces muzzle rise, especially during automatic fire.