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Manokan Caseless Rounds
The rounds and their comparitive energies are listed blow. The standard rifle rounds have their energies measured at which point they are at 3500, 1800, 1000, and 500 joules respectively, to be equivalent to rifle, intermediate cartridges, large pistol and pistol rounds. This equates to roughly 7.62mm NATO, 5.56mm .357 magnum and 9mm levels of energy, and correspondingly power. For the large rifles rounds, such as the .50 caliber and 15.5mm, 7.62mm NATO energies are compared, and for the 15.5mm the range which it still has the standard energy of the .50 caliber round at the muzzle. At 2,475 yards, or 1.4 miles, the 15.5mm is still hitting as hard as the .50 caliber round at the muzzle, allowing it to easily penetrate through armor.

Supersonic velocities determine practical ranges, along with bullet drop, as rounds simply cannot travel out to extremely long ranges easily, although they are much more usable at high altitudes. As the rounds move through the sound barrier, they are disrupted, causing them to destabilize in flight. Past this range, the rounds are also slower, causing significantly greater bullet drop. Practical ranges are determined less by energy, but this shows how much energy each round still has correspondingly.


6mm AUG: 2600 joules, 850 m/s - 7.15 grams, 9.55 grams
BC .626 - Ballistic Trajectory - 1800 joules (300 yards), 1000 joules (775 yards), 500 joules (1325 yards) - Sub-sonic (1500 yards)


6.5mm Caseless 3500 joules, 850 m/s - 9.8 grams, 12.8 grams
BC .71 - Ballistic Trajectory - 1800 joules (700 yards), 1000 joules (1175 yards), 500 joules (1900 yards)- Sub-sonic (1750 yards)


7mm Remington Win Mag 4300 joules, 820 m/s - 12.8 grams, 16.8 grams
BC .78 - Ballistic Trajectory - 1800 joules (975 yards), 1000 joules (1500 yards), 500 joules (2600 yards), Sub-sonic (1850 yards)


.338 Lapua Caseless 7,100 joules, 940 ms - 16.2 grams, 22 grams
BC .768 - Ballistic Trajectory - 1800 joules (1475 yards), 1000 joules (2025), 500 joules (3550 yards), Sub-sonic (2125 yards)


.50 Caliber Caseless 20,000 joules, 940 m/s - 45 grams, 58 grams
BC 1.35 - Ballistic Trajectory - 3500 joules (3175 yards), Sub-sonic (3775 yards, 2600 joules)


15.5mm Caseless 40,000 joules, 815 m/s - 120 grams / 1200 m/s - 55 grams, 85-156 grams
BC 2.0 - Ballistic Trajectory - 18,000 joules (2,475 yards), Sub-sonic (7200 yards, 3100 joules)



Heavy Weapons
20mm Hispano Caseless 70,000 joules, 1040 m/s - 130 grams


30mm x 113mm Chaingun 76,000 joules, 805 m/s - 236 grams


25mm x 138mm Oerkilin 110,000 joules, 1100 m/s / 1350 m/s - 135 grams / 185 grams
http://www.inetres.com/gp/military/cv/weapon/M242.html


40mm Bofors 500,000 joules, 1054 m/s - 900 grams


57mm Bofors 1.3 million joules, 1035 m/s - 2.4 kilograms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bofors_57_mm_gun


90mm M2 7.65 million, 1200 m/s - 10.6 kilograms / 975 m/s - 16.1 kilograms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90_mm_Gun_M1/M2/M3


120mm Rheinmetall 16 million, 1500 m/s - 10.6 kilogrms


130mm Rheinmetall 24 million, 1500 m/s -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheinmetall_120_mm_gun#Rheinmetall_130_mm_gun

https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/eurosatory/2016/06/15/german-rheinmetall-works-on-new-130mm-tank-gun/

155mm Howitzer


240mm Mortar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KN-09_(MRL)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BM-24

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BM-30_Smerch


60mm Mortar

81mm Mortar

120mm Mortar