Speed of Common Projectiles

## Introduction

This page is dedicated to be a common reference sheet for projectiles that occur in fiction and their average speeds. Before one can calculate the dodging of a feat they have to know a few things!

* **How fast is the Projectile**

* How Far did they move?

* How close was the projectile?

In this page we will be answering the first one for you, by letting you know some commonly found projectile speeds!

## List of Projectile Speeds

### Pistols

* Standard issue Japanese Police weapon (Revolver) : New Nambu M60 - No listed Muzzle Velocity but the speed for a .38 special is (**297 m/s**)

* Standard issue American Police weapon : Glock 22 - Muzzle Velocity of 1,223 fps or (**375.8184 m/s**)

* Beretta M9 (Modernly used) : Velocity of 1,250 fps or (**381 m/s**)

* Standard Taser Gun : Probe velocity of 180 fps or (**54.864 m/s**)

* Rubber Bullet Firearms : Muzzle velocity of 440 fps or (**134.112 m/s**)

### Modern Firearms (Non-Single Hand)

* M16 Assault rifle 5.56 (Standard issue america) : Muzzle Velocity of 3,150 fps or (**960 m/s**)

* M4 Carbine 5.56 (Standard issue america) : Muzzle velocity of 2,970 fps or (**910 m/s**)

* FN SCAR 5.56 but can vary (Active in service): Muzzle velocity of 2,630 fps or (**800 m/s**)

* AK-47 7.62 but has varied (Not in legal use) : Muzzle velocity of 2,350 fps or (**715 m/s**)

* AR-15 Semi auto only (Used for Militant use in history) : Muzzle Velocity of 3,300 fps or (**1,006 m/s**)

* M14 7.62 (Currently in service) : Muzzle velocity of 2,800 fps or (**853 m/s**)

* RPG-7 (Modern usage (last 10 years)) : Propulsion velocity of (**294 m/s**)

* Tank Cannon (Rheinmetall Rh-120) : Muzzle Velocity of 5,200 fps or (**1584.96 m/s**)

* Grenade Launcher (M203 grenade launcher) : Muzzle velocity of 250 fps or (**76 m/s**)

* Gatling Gun (20mm M-197 Gatling gun) : Muzzle velocity of 3,380 fps or (**1,030 m/s**)

### Historical Projectiles

* Hand Cannon (Used in the late 1200's) : Arrow velocity of (**87 m/s**) and Cannon ball velocity of (**110 m/s**)

* Musket (Used in the early to late 1700's) : Velocity of (**434 m/s**)

* Flintlock Pistol (Duelling pistol) : Velocity of (**304.8 m/s**)

* Traditional Cannons : Velocity of around (**300.24 m/s**)

* Bow and Arrow (Recurve bow) : Velocity of 225 fps or (**68.58 m/s**)

* Typical Crossbow (Historically) : Velocity of 400 fps or (**121.92 m/s**)

* Ballista (Mounted Crossbow) : Velocity of 300 fps or (**90 m/s**)

* Longbow (Medieval) : Velocity of 177 fps or (**53.9496 m/s**)

### Explosive Detonation Velocity

* C-4 Detonation : Detonation Velocity of 26,400 fps or (**8,046.72 m/s**)

* TNT (trinitrotoluene) Detonation : Detonation velocity of (**6,940 m/s**)

* Pentane Detonation : Detonation velocity of (**1,680 m/s**)

* Nitroglycerin Detonation : Detonation Velocity of 17,500 fps or (**5,334 m/s**)

### Nature and the Speed Within (Assuming their Natural speeds and not swapping for Medium differences)

* The Speed of Light (1c) : Velocity of (**299,792,458 m/s**)

* The Speed of Sound : Velocity of (**343 m/s**)

* The Speed of Electricity (Non-Conducted Freeflow) : Velocity of (**744.8 m/s**)

* The Speed of Lightning (Cloud to Ground) : Velocity of lightning is (**123,280.3 m/s**) Average out from the two source studies

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* Rotational Velocity of Tornados : Rotational Velocity of around (**49.1744 m/s**)