Path: clanworld.com!news.webspan.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!207.20.0.50!peerfeed.ncal.verio.net!newshub1.home.com!news.home.com!news.rdc1.tn.home.com!not-for-mail From: "Brett Jacobs" Newsgroups: alt.games.quake2,rec.games.computer.quake.playing,rec.games.computer.quake.misc,alt.games.quake Subject: Re: Gun specialists? What about *REAL* guns? Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 17:06:50 -0400 Organization: @Home Network Lines: 53 Message-ID: <6h0j5d$inu$1@ha2.rdc1.tn.home.com> References: <35334ed9.3100497@news.telia.lt> NNTP-Posting-Host: ci1000185-a.sptnbrg1.sc.home.com X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Xref: clanworld.com rec.games.computer.quake.playing:38890 rec.games.computer.quake.misc:27618 alt.games.quake:27845 The General Electric Vulcan Mini Gun is manufactured in the following calibers (5.56 nato, 7.62 nato 20mm and 30mm) and is nothing more than an electric version of the Civil War Gatling Gun. The 20mm and 30mm guns are mounted mostly in the nose of helicopters or attack jets and are used mainly to blow up tanks (30mm) or shoot down other planes (20mm). The 7.62 nato versions were mounted in aircraft and helicopters during the Vietnam War. As many as 8 mini guns (42,000 rounds per minute) would be mounted on one side of a plane and the plane would circle the target raining down total hell on the enemy. This plane's only mission was to fire these mini guns, and carried ammo for the mini guns in excess of 250,000 rounds. A test was conducted were one of these planes flew over a football field and opened fire. There was at least one bullet strike every square foot covering the whole field. I used to know the name of the plane but it evades my memory right now. The nick- name for the plane was "Puff The Magic Dragon". The 5.56 version is used for very specialized operations and is mainly used by elite groups within the military and probably mounted on jeeps or dune buggies. Cyclic rate is anywhere from 2500 rounds per minute (30mm) to 10,000 rounds per minute (5.56). Versions of the mini gun are also mounted on the side of US Ships to fire a hail of bullets in hopes of knocking down incoming missiles. The mini gun in the movie "Preditor" was a 7.62 nato version. There is one scene, while under attack, the operator of the hand held 7.62 mini gun fired for at least 45 seconds non stop. Considering the gun weighs approximatley 85 LBS. Add the weight of a 12 volt battery and the roughly 6000 rounds he fired. He was carrying about 200LBS. Not very likely. The machine gun is nothing I have ever seen. It looks vagulely like about 50 different models. The hyperblaster is clearly modeled after the AK-47. Take that spinning barrel off the end and you pretty much have an AK-47. There were some belt fed grenade launchers made during the Vietman War, but not to any degree. They fired the M-79 round and had a range of about 150 yards. Cyclic rate was about 20-25 rounds per minute. When encountered they were usally mounted on a jeep. -- Regards, Brett "3 Fingers" Jacobs http://www.voodooextreme.com/3Fingers/ <<<---The 3 Fingers' Quake 2 Tweak Guide--->>> <<<---The 3 Fingers' Ultimate Tweak Guide For GL Quake & QW--->>> bong wrote in message <35334ed9.3100497@news.telia.lt>... > > Hm, I have an interesting question (for me at least:). >I've heard that the real prototype of chaingun in real life is GE M134 >"Vulcan" mini-gun. >And the machinegun is just the good ol' AK (Automat Kalashnykowo).