How come you don't need ear protection when firing a minigun?

[Phokus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmftWnCLnlQ

I've watched a few clips of minigun demonstrations like this one and not one person uses ear protection... but for assault rifles, they all use ear protection.

Do minigun rounds not go at supersonic speed or something?

 

[pontifex]

i can't watch the video but are you sure they don't have those foam earplug things?

 

[NikolaeVarius]

I think it might be because Rifles are usually shot from the Shoulder, where the blast is right next to your ear, while the Minigun is shot from frther away.

Its either than or you're watching videos of people who are going to become dead very soon.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: tenshodo13
I think it might be because Rifles are usually shot from the Shoulder, where the blast is right next to your ear, while the Minigun is shot from frther away.

Its either than or you're watching videos of people who are going to become deaF very soon.

Fixed

 

[JulesMaximus]

What?

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Originally posted by: RadiclDreamer

Originally posted by: tenshodo13
I think it might be because Rifles are usually shot from the Shoulder, where the blast is right next to your ear, while the Minigun is shot from frther away.

Its either than or you're watching videos of people who are going to become deaF very soon.

Fixed

Lol. Didnt notice that.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

They either have foam ear plugs or electronic ear plugs. It doesn't matter if the round goes off 5 inches from your ear of 5 feet. It's going to be loud.

 

[biggestmuff]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
They either have foam ear plugs or electronic ear plugs. It doesn't matter if the round goes off 5 inches from your ear of 5 feet. It's going to be loud.

It surely does matter. That's how sound works.

Originally posted by: Phokus

Do minigun rounds not go at supersonic speed or something?

A round's speed doesn't have any bearing on how loud it sounds. Most .45s are loud and some .22LR aren't.

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
What?

:laugh: *

* If it is intended to be the joke I think it is.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: biggestmuff

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
They either have foam ear plugs or electronic ear plugs. It doesn't matter if the round goes off 5 inches from your ear of 5 feet. It's going to be loud.

It surely does matter. That's how sound works.

Originally posted by: Phokus

Do minigun rounds not go at supersonic speed or something?

A round's speed doesn't have any bearing on how loud it sounds. Most .45s are loud and some .22LR aren't.

in the case he mentioned, its not going to matter that much. if it was half a mile away, then yes, it would make a huge difference.

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: biggestmuff

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
They either have foam ear plugs or electronic ear plugs. It doesn't matter if the round goes off 5 inches from your ear of 5 feet. It's going to be loud.

It surely does matter. That's how sound works.

Originally posted by: Phokus

Do minigun rounds not go at supersonic speed or something?

A round's speed doesn't have any bearing on how loud it sounds. Most .45s are loud and some .22LR aren't.

The speed of the round does make a difference as a portion of the crack of the gun is due to the bullet's sonic boom.