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To: stockpirate
So he could have it fire one round an hour if he choose to.

Well, that explains why I didn't understand it. This will have to compete with a lot of other weapon systems that can fire one round an hour.

...so a barrel amy have 20 projectiles...

Earlier it was fifty but that doesn't make too much difference at one an hour. Would make a difference at a higher rate.

We still didn't get around to discussing the weight of a loaded "unit."

66 posted on 12/13/2004 3:49:49 PM PST by FreePaul
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To: FreePaul

First I am not an expert in the system. The number of rounds in a barrel depends on the length of the barrel and the size of the rounds.

The fire rate is controlled by a human, so the rate can vary as needed.

I did not read everything on the site so I don't know if it list weight per unit.

I did watch several of the video demo's on the site and found them to be very interesting.

They show a video of an unmanned aircraft (UAV)with 6 box configuration under each wing. The speaker says it carries 14,400 40 mm granades and can lay a fire path of 21 granades 100 yards wide for two miles. This is only one UAV. 2,100 barrel tubes. the firing is computer controlled in that it is only fired into the target area, using a grid system if the plane flys over an area will firing that is not inthe firing gris rounds are nt fired into that area, only the grid area.

I also do not own any of the company stock.


68 posted on 12/13/2004 4:41:46 PM PST by stockpirate (Check out my homepage and learn about sKerry and his Socialist friends.)
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To: FreePaul
From Jane's Information Weekly. The latest 24-barrel pod (consists of two 12-barrel pods) [snip] Loaded each 12 barrel pod weighs about 48kg. [snip] The 40mm round has an effective range of 300m to 2,200m using velocities of 76m/sec. At 240m/sec the effective rande is extends to 2,500m. Barrels can be easily reloded inthe field by one person. Metal Storm
74 posted on 12/13/2004 4:59:52 PM PST by stockpirate (Check out my homepage and learn about sKerry and his Socialist friends.)
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