Path: clanworld.com!news.webspan.net!news1.exit109.com!Cabal.CESspool!bofh.vszbr.cz!howland.erols.net!news-xfer.netaxs.com!newsread.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3533C14C.6505@wwdg.com> From: John Compe Reply-To: banman@wwdg.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 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? References: <35334ed9.3100497@news.telia.lt> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 19 Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 20:15:05 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: portup2-95.portup.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 16:15:05 EST Organization: Your Home Port in the U.P. (PortUP.com) Xref: clanworld.com rec.games.computer.quake.playing:38884 rec.games.computer.quake.misc:27614 alt.games.quake:27842 bong wrote: > > > 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). > > Can be this information correct? Are there real prototypes for gl, rl, > shotguns? (in Q1 too). > > bong The grenade launcher is similar to an M-79, yet the M-79 fires shell which explode on impact instead of the timed ones. I would say that the grenade launcher is most similar to an M-79 though. As far as the chaingun.. it's nothing similar to a minigun, since a minigun will fire rounds at about 5x the speed of QuakeII's. ;) -- Ryan Banas (Compe) Email: Banman@WWdg.com