OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 5 天前You've Just Been Hit By The Metric System Boyslemmy.worldimagemessage-square189fedilinkarrow-up1148
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minus-squarezebidiah@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 天前Kinda… The classes “teach” imperial but guns/bullets are metric
minus-squareCybranM@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 天前So the most American things in America are using the least American measurement system?
minus-squareadarza@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 天前some of the popular ones are measured in metric, but there’s plenty that are not. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliber#Metric_and_US_customary
minus-squareWarl0k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 天前It’s a pretty heavy mix, many of the most popular rounds are also referenced by their metric size but they’re not usually ‘useful’ sizes in either standard or metric. For example: .22 LR = .223in = 5.56 NATO 9mm = .357 mag .40 S&W = 10mm Auto .308 = 7.62mm .44 = no common metric eq. .45 = no common metric eq. .50 = 12.7mm
Kinda… The classes “teach” imperial but guns/bullets are metric
So the most American things in America are using the least American measurement system?
some of the popular ones are measured in metric, but there’s plenty that are not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliber#Metric_and_US_customary
It’s a pretty heavy mix, many of the most popular rounds are also referenced by their metric size but they’re not usually ‘useful’ sizes in either standard or metric.
For example: