20mm Gatling Gun

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DrPizza

DrPizza

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You'd think that in this day and age, they could go for quality instead of quantity. Go for laser tracking systems, track speed and range... one shot, one kill. :p
 
TraumaRN

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magomago said:
are these things water cooled? How the hell do they not melt?
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The 6 rotating barrels is how it doesn't melt. It fires approximately 4,000 rounds a minute, but if you divide that by 6 barrels it's only about 660-670 rounds/minute/per barrel.
 
BoberFett

BoberFett

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DrPizza said:
You'd think that in this day and age, they could go for quality instead of quantity. Go for laser tracking systems, track speed and range... one shot, one kill. :p
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When you're shooting at something potentially miles away, a slight change in the wind can throw your round way off target.
 
DangerAardvark

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Chriscross3234 said:
This is pretty close. My dad used to work on these back when he was in the Navy. In fact I still have one of the 20mm dummy rounds he gave me, the bullet itself is about 3 inches long.

And, yes, that's a missile it's shooting down.
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Omfg. Humans are awesome. We dig metal up from the earth and fling it at the sky at 3 times the speed of sound! Let's a see a dolphin do that.

If the machine gun was the devil's paintbrush, then this thing is the Devil's cock, and that sheet of tracer fire is his hot, metallic ejaculate.
 
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LTC8K6

LTC8K6

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They learned long ago that it's extremely difficult to hit a fast moving target with a single round. That's why we have proximity fused shells and missiles, and that's why we have the "gatling" guns.

With the proximity fuses, you just need to get close, and with the gatling guns, it's easier to make the target and the rounds converge.
 
Demon-Xanth

Demon-Xanth

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Chriscross3234 said:
This is pretty close. My dad used to work on these back when he was in the Navy. In fact I still have one of the 20mm dummy rounds he gave me, the bullet itself is about 3 inches long.

And, yes, that's a missile it's shooting down.
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There was recently an incident where some pirates attacked a Navy ship and one of those shot down 3 out of 4 RPGs, which is extremely impressive given the size of an RPG.
 
hanoverphist

hanoverphist

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DangerAardvark said:
Omfg. Humans are awesome. We dig metal up from the earth and fling it at the sky at 3 times the speed of sound! Let's a see a dolphin do that.

If the machine gun was the devil's paintbrush, then this thing is the Devil's cock, and that sheet of tracer fire is his hot, metallic ejaculate.
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both lines made me crack up!
 
BrunoPuntzJones

BrunoPuntzJones

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BoberFett said:
If that's the South African anti-material rifle I'm thinking of, I think it has a hydraulic recoil system so as not to tear the operators arm off. :)
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It's Anzio, well known US company. Just a regular bolt action mag fed rifle. But very beefed up.
 
BrunoPuntzJones

BrunoPuntzJones

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BoberFett said:
Ah, I'm not familiar with Anzio.
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Where there's a will, there's a way.

Anzio will pretty much building whatever you ask him to if you give him the ammo specs.

Another "famous" one is DeGroat Tactical. Lots of neat toys, including a 5" naval deck gun.
 
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