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rsnyder55
I heard that there is or was in development an automatic 22 that would send huge volumes of bullets to a target. From what I was told, it could literally chew through a cement or brick wall through sustained fire.

It there anyone else who has ever heard of this?

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  • Pearyw
    It sounds like the American 180. I shot one back in the 1970's. It has a 177 round drum magazine that sets on top like a Lewis machinegun. It will fire 1800rpm with good ammo.
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  • nmyers
    But, it would hardly chew through a brick or cement wall; for that, we use .50 BMG.

    The American 180 was short-lived. A couple were used by prisons, with a laser sight mounted; it worked great for getting a large group of convicts to return to their cells.

    Other than that, no practical purpose was ever found.

    Neal
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  • Bert H.
    quote:Originally posted by nmyers
    But, it would hardly chew through a brick or cement wall; for that, we use .50 BMG.

    Neal


    [:D]... however, I do not believe that it takes sustained fire... more like just a single one shot or maybe two rounds at most to make a big gaping hole[}:)]

    Bert H.

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  • zipperzap
    I know you're not talking about the Owen Machine Carbine
    (OMC) (Owen Sub-machine Gun) - but here's a URL about it.

    http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-weapons/omc.htm

    I saw something on the History Channel or the Discovery
    channel a year or so ago that showed the stream of .22s
    cutting through cinder block and concrete.

    I meant to jot down the name of it for my brother and
    some of his friends but never did - I wish I had!

    Until I see it again ... would you be interested in seeing
    the only fully auto rubberband machine gun?

    http://www.backyardartillery.com/machinegun/ LOL

    Scott
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  • rsnyder55
    I don't really know exactly what he was talking about. Claimed it used 22LR and sounded like something fired from a mount. Said it laid down quite a stream and possibly for urban type conflicts.

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  • Mooseyard
    I know what you are talking about. It was like a volley gun that had hundreds of barrels, and each barrel had shells stacked in them. The bullets would fire indvidually, but within a very short period of time. It was impressive to see.

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  • kingjoey
    Sounds a lot like the "MetalStorm" project

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  • gandj arms
    i did see a 180 chew thru a cement block in no time at all; however i do not beleive he was referring to a 180
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  • sandwarrior
    I saw what mooseyard saw on the History channel or Discovery channel. It was a box looking structure holding all the barrels and had stacked rounds inside each one. They could be programmed to fire what they wanted. They were mounted on test stands but I could see them being mounted on trucks or APC's. They certainly were not mobile on foot. Each stand and "firing rack" weighed quite a bit. So for real practicallity they wouldn't be all that good I don't think. No one could move them without mechanical means.

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  • rsnyder55
    It wasn't the multibarreled box that had caseless bullets that were electronically fired. I heard about it in the 80's and it used regular 22LR.

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  • kingjoey
    Probably the A180, that would be the most likely

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