Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27144409-20181126150808/@comment-25396609-20190524032507

Because your lens alignment is going to be totally screwed?

Also because all the delicate electronics involved in that kind of multi-spectral camera would be DESTROYED by the blast wave from firing it as a cannon. Aura be damned, weapons are not indestructible. Stronger yes, but NOT unbreakable. God forbid you try to fire anything with an electrical charge out of it.

Now if it was a simpler design, easy enough; but the more complexity you add to a system the more likely it is to experience catastrophic failure. In this case you are combining delicate electronic systems with a high-power weapon in a casing too small to properly insulate the more fragile elements.