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.
Kari can get away with wearing those boots. ;)
Yup. So can a 12 ga.
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.
without watching ... A10 Warthog ... yep
Anything those clowns can up with ... nope
now I will go watch the vid and see if I’m right
TT
Well I lost that one
TT
Let’s see 45 seconds x 50 rounds/second = 2250 rounds
2250 rounds x $.25/round = $560
I’ll use a saw
been there, done that
I shot a 5 to 6 in dia. pine tree down once with a 30-30.
Didn’t take all that many shots.
I can do it allot cheaper with a couple of wraps of Primacord and have.
My grandad used to prune trees with his L.C. Smith shotgun. He used it to get the high limbs.