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To: archy
for the purposes used in Iraq, a set of 4 Mk 19 40mm automatic grenade launchers

You have a sick and twisted mind.

~40 rds/sec downrange?

"Hello RPG Boy. Goodbye RPG Boy."

Hello charred nibblets of smoking meat.

Works for me.

68 posted on 01/31/2004 10:54:23 PM PST by fourdeuce82d
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To: fourdeuce82d
You have a sick and twisted mind.

Flattery will get you nowhere. There's also a fella in Arizona with a 7,62mm minigun in one of the .50 positions on his M55 mount.

~40 rds/sec downrange?

"Hello RPG Boy. Goodbye RPG Boy."

Hello charred nibblets of smoking meat.

Works for me.

That's one way to go. Think of a two vehicle team, one with quad Mk 19s, with HEDP in the top two guns in the event someone naughty takes cover behind a wall or vehicle. And with *bouncing betty* 40mm rounds in the bottom two, should they be on the reverse of a hill or knoll, or egress across an open area.

Then for the other vehicle, instead of four Mk 19s, mount 4 paired 5,56mm M249 SAWS, for eight guns total- like the Spitfire and Hurricane fighters of the Battle of Britain, which used 8-gun setups to chainsaw German fighters to splinters from up close. You'd have to develop a right-hand feed top cover and bolt for the guns, not too difficult, or the South African 5,56mm M77 could be used. Works out to around 6000 rounds per minute, or 100 per second...on slow rate. Wide open would work out to around 8000 RPM....


69 posted on 01/31/2004 11:14:33 PM PST by archy (Angiloj! Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj!)
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