Chemical ballistic weapons

Chemical ballistic weapons function by the result of a chemical reaction (usually combustion) creating enough energy to propel a projectile. The Dalmer are the primary users of these weapons.

## Mechanics

### Bluepowder

*Main article: Bluepowder*

Potential powder is a chemical explosive essential to the usage of CB weapons a chemical explosive that can combust even underwater and in oxygen deprived environments. CBW's also require a shooting tube in order to function, unlike mechanical force weapons. Despite its many advantages over black powder, bluepowder is much less powerful than blackpower

### Shooting tube

A gun barrel is a crucial part of CB ranged weapons from small firearms, artillery pieces to air guns. It is the straight shooting tube, usually made of rigid high-strength metal, through which a contained rapid expansion of high-pressure gas is used to propel a projectile out of the front end at a high velocity. Comparison to mechanical force weapons.

## Comparisons to mechanical force weapons

A never ending debate in the Dalmer weapons enthusiast community and the military alike, is the supremacy of mechanical force or chemical ballistic weapons. The most common points of argument are speed, size and power. Generally speaking, chemical ballistic weapons are faster and are generally more compact than mechanical ballistic weapons, but the latter weapons have greater impact power. Neither are more accurate than the other, as a result there are two schools, mechanical force weapons and chemical reaction based weapons.

### Speed

In terms of SPS (shots per second), chemical ballistic weapons are faster than mechanical force weapons, this is largely due to the smaller size of the rounds used by CB weapons.

### Size

Since bluepowder provides most of the energy needed to propel the weapons ammunition, CB weapons are vastly more compact and concealable than MF weapons.

### Power

The downside of the usage of bluepowder is that the stopping power of CB weapons are lesser than that of mechanical force weapons.

The argument sometimes devolves into the practicality of using firearms and bows in combat. which subsumes that the rate of fire of bows decreases rapidly over time, after a few minutes, they must be rested, and switch to closer range firearms. On the inaccuracy of firearms, they are a pin down weapon, keeping the enemy away until artillery can be fired (or the bow arms rested).

## Chemical ballistic weapon anatomy

Mechanism

Barrel

Muzzle

Munition

Stock

Modifiers

## Weapon categories

These weapons are divided into several categories; Handguns, Rifled guns, Machine guns, Artillery.

## Ammunition classification

Round: universal term for chemical ballistic weapon ammunition, consists of the assembly of the projectile, propellant substance, primer and casing.

Projectile: Object that is propelled by the application of an external force and then moves freely.

Projectile types

Shells: Hollow projectile whose payload contains a specific filling.

Slug: Solid ballistic projectile.

Missile: Hollow projectile whose payload contains a specific filling, and is propelled by another force once it has been fired.

Energy: The transfer of a type of directed energy to a target without a solid projectile.