That’s exactly what I was thinking (unsealed or partly sealed barrel). On a drone you also have a lot more freedom regarding the reloading mechanism because you have access to a battery.
I mentioned the MG because I’ve seen some footage of drones equipped with what looked like an LMG of some sort. And while an automatic grenade launcher takes away the problem of recoil, you get the issue of carrying enough ammo to be effective. Also, a drone equipped with an automatic grenade launcher seems to me like a complicated way to do what “bomber drones” are doing now, just without the launcher. I can see MG-equipped drones filling a different niche (high-volume suppressive fire).
That’s exactly what I was thinking (unsealed or partly sealed barrel). On a drone you also have a lot more freedom regarding the reloading mechanism because you have access to a battery.
I mentioned the MG because I’ve seen some footage of drones equipped with what looked like an LMG of some sort. And while an automatic grenade launcher takes away the problem of recoil, you get the issue of carrying enough ammo to be effective. Also, a drone equipped with an automatic grenade launcher seems to me like a complicated way to do what “bomber drones” are doing now, just without the launcher. I can see MG-equipped drones filling a different niche (high-volume suppressive fire).