Real fire power
I will see if I can explain this and remember all the details but it's been awhike.
In 1967 or 1968 at a testing range ( I know where) We tested a minni gun that was too dangerous to put into combat. It was so devestating there was no defence against it.
6 inches if reinforced concrete,3 feet of packed earth, 5 inches of armor plateing.
The round was .32 cal. with 3 flachette darts per round.
8 barrels that fed from the top and the bottem at the same time.
Rounds were electric fed barrels were hydrolic ran. Top barrel and bottem barrel were fed at the same time,Rotate 1/8 turn load while the fed was going on, rotate 1/8 turn and fire both loaded barrels,1st step was set,2nd step was set, 3rd step was set 4th step was eject. then this was a continous process. The round was plastic so jams just bent and went around to eject and out. Rate of fire was 6,000 rounds, Due to 2 barrels alwas firing. Or 100 rounds a second times 3 darts per round or 300 rounds a sec.
Any weapon can and will be captured by the enemey. So not wanting it used on ourselves it was bunkered and as far as I know it's still there.
Long story but true. Oh btw the numbers are low because I realy do not remember the real ones but I do Remember the total out put at full operation was well over 30000 per second.
In 1967 or 1968 at a testing range ( I know where) We tested a minni gun that was too dangerous to put into combat. It was so devestating there was no defence against it.
6 inches if reinforced concrete,3 feet of packed earth, 5 inches of armor plateing.
The round was .32 cal. with 3 flachette darts per round.
8 barrels that fed from the top and the bottem at the same time.
Rounds were electric fed barrels were hydrolic ran. Top barrel and bottem barrel were fed at the same time,Rotate 1/8 turn load while the fed was going on, rotate 1/8 turn and fire both loaded barrels,1st step was set,2nd step was set, 3rd step was set 4th step was eject. then this was a continous process. The round was plastic so jams just bent and went around to eject and out. Rate of fire was 6,000 rounds, Due to 2 barrels alwas firing. Or 100 rounds a second times 3 darts per round or 300 rounds a sec.
Any weapon can and will be captured by the enemey. So not wanting it used on ourselves it was bunkered and as far as I know it's still there.
Long story but true. Oh btw the numbers are low because I realy do not remember the real ones but I do Remember the total out put at full operation was well over 30000 per second.
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30,000 Per Min,Roger?
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some thing on those same lines happened during the secound world war.
they did not want to take one of our weapons to europe, I think it was m14, but I am probably wrong.0 -
what you smokin dude? 0 -
That would be the Heisenberg-Furst Chain Gun developed for SOG by General Dynamics. Fifteen times faster than even the modern day Phalanx, the main problem with the gun was that it was so fast that it created ripples in the space-time continuum and caused operators to actually go back in time and run out of ammunition before they needed it. I remember seeing an A-Team in A Shau start to fire the weapon and then disappear before my very eyes, only to reappear the week before after noon chow. 0 -
i want what you're smokin 0 -
?? how can flechettes penetrate concrete, earth and steel plating?? especially when they're small enough to fit 3 of them in a rifle round sized cartrdige? 0 -
quote:Originally posted by buschmaster
?? how can flechettes penetrate concrete, earth and steel plating?? especially when they're small enough to fit 3 of them in a rifle round sized cartrdige?
Refer to Danceswithsheep's post. THATS HOW0 -
I think I saw one of those on "Lost In Space" years ago.
Billy Mummy blasted an alien with it.0 -
ever watch the tv show MODERN WEAPONS? what they have out there is amazing 0 -
quote:Originally posted by DancesWithSheep
That would be the Heisenberg-Furst Chain Gun developed for SOG by General Dynamics. Fifteen times faster than even the modern day Phalanx, the main problem with the gun was that it was so fast that it created ripples in the space-time continuum and caused operators to actually go back in time and run out of ammunition before they needed it. I remember seeing an A-Team in A Shau start to fire the weapon and then disappear before my very eyes, only to reappear the week before after noon chow.
A friend of mine used to have one of those dang guns and said he had to get rid of it. When he shot it, he couldn't remember what day it was and kept missing appointments, dinner and so on.[:D]0 -
quote:Originally posted by buschmaster
?? how can flechettes penetrate concrete, earth and steel plating?? especially when they're small enough to fit 3 of them in a rifle round sized cartrdige?
I suspect that 300 hardened steel darts per second could chew thru most anything!
There have been several weapons that were too dangerous to put into combat. Do some research into the history of the VT fuze. (actual name was proximity fuze, it was named Variable Time just to throw off spooks and spies)0 -
There have been several weapons that were too dangerous to put into combat. Do some research into the history of the VT fuze. (actual name was proximity fuze, it was named Variable Time just to throw off spooks and spies)
Actually, the proximity fuze was used in combat during WWII. At first it was only used by Navy ships in their AA guns in the Pacific, with the idea being that any shell that didn't explode would simply fall into the ocean and the Japanese would never be able to get the technology.
As the war progressed, though, the fuze was used in Europe. The brass realized it was simply too effective a tool to be left out of the hands of the military.
Along this line, though, is the shaped charge and its use in a personal anti-tank weapon. The US fielded the bazooka in Africa and I think we also sent some to the Soviet Union for them to use. Regardless, the Germans captured a few examples, realized what they had their hands on, and soon fielded the panzerfaust and panzerschrek.
I would be very interested in any weapon that was not used out of fear the enemy might get hold of it. The most terrible, most horrific weapon ever, the atomic bomb, is widely deployed by many nations. Can you imagine if terrorists got their hands on one of those?0 -
This would be the dumbest original post in a thread in a very long time.
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quote:At first it was only used by Navy ships in their AA guns in the Pacific, with the idea being that any shell that didn't explode would simply fall into the ocean and the Japanese would never be able to get the technology.
That's right. But point is, the fuze was withheld from land services for a long time for fear of it being copied. It was only used in Europe during the Battle of the Bulge, when the brass figured the time was finally right to use it.0 -
quote:The most terrible, most horrific weapon ever, the atomic bomb, is widely deployed by many nations.
If I remember correctly, those secrets were closely guarded for a long time.
Wasn't it Rosenthalls or Rosenburgs who sold the secrets to Russia?
But in the long run, it didn't matter. No one can guard the secrets of physics.0 -
"This would be the dumbest original post in a thread in a very long time."
-cpermd
I must have missed something. What's dumb about it??
Doug0
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