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Law of Inverse Recoil: Difference between revisions
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:''The recoil of a real-life projectile weapon on television is inversely related to the recoil it has in real life.''
Firearms depicted in films and television seldom (if ever) demonstrate realistic recoil action (ironically, it is usually more realistic in comedies, or when used for comedic effect). The practical reason for this is because blank-firing prop guns have no projectile, meaning very little mass is pushed out of the barrel, hence minimal recoil (Newton's third law) -- it is not true that they have none, however, or they would not even be able to cycle their own action. No matter what type of small arms are used in fiction—even fully-automatic, high caliber ordnance and heavy gauge shotguns—the shooter will not so much as flinch.
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* ''[[Sin City]]'' monologues sometimes refer to the sensation of recoil but it's minimal.
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* Averted in ''[[Aeon Entelechy Evangelion]]'', where Shinji while piloting Unit-01 tries to use a High-Velocity Assault Rifle one handed (the other hand was busted) and fail. Being written by the physics student helps.
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