Do guns use a converging-diverging nozzle to accelerate bullets to supersonic speeds?

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2026-03-18 08:25

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No, bullets are accelerated by rapidly expanding gasses. Those gasses are in a cylinder only open at one end. The bullet acts as a piston, and is pushed out of the open end of the cylinder. Not all bullets are supersonic, but those that are become supersonic from the amount of acceleration, and the time it is applied.

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