Posted on 02/12/2013 7:24:31 PM PST by grundle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC8jnSaCqxY
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M2
“The Splintermaker”
I once saw a photo take over 125 years ago of a tree chopped down by a gatling gun for the benefit of two visiting Chinese dignitaries.
I think they wanted to impress the Chinese into buying the guns.
F***yes. Next question.
I could chop down a tree with my throwing knives.
It would take a while, but down it would go.
So a machine gun can obviously also do the same, don’t even need to watch.
A lot depends on the size of the tree. Under six inches in diameter, with a .50-cal. M2, the answer is definitely “Yeah it’s a piece of cake.”
Saw it happen with my own eyes at Knob Creek... several times. Even have my own videos.
Oh my. Just saw the video. Looks like it was about eight inches in diameter and it was only a .30-cal. ... but it was a Minigun. Three thousand rounds a minute.
“Yeah, it’s a piece of cake.”
Question 2. Can your throwing knives set the tree on fire?
Kari can get away with wearing those boots. ;)
FWIW Mythbusters are serious Obots and have donated serious money to Dear Leader. Thus, Who are they again?
Yup. So can a 12 ga.
It looked to me like they used some tracers and the burning probably did help to cut the tree.
I liked the Mona Lisa smile on her face during the slow motion replay.
I believe that was Hiram Maxim demonstrating his new invention to the Chinese ambassador. He went all over the world trying to find customers after the US govt. brushed him off. Kaiser Wilhelm II was very impressed.
:o) gracci!
Thanks. I used to have a good memory before Obama came on the scene.
I cut down a tree years ago with a British .303. Ok, the tree was about three inches in diameter.
In late summer 1966 I went through basic training at Ft Lewis, Washington. I was among the first to take basic there since sometime after WW2. In the intervening years a pretty good little forest of aspen- or alder-like trees had grown up down range, between the popup targets and the dirt berms beyond. After some usage of the range, it was not uncommon to see one of these fairly small (3 to 4 inch trunk) trees topple over while live fire was going on.
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