A thing of unquestionable beauty.
Posted on 02/04/2006 6:49:45 PM PST by Amerigomag
Word that Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will install a battery of machine guns capable of spitting out 66 rounds a second with a range of nearly a mile was met by relief by some who think the weapons will deter terrorists but fear by others who worry they'll be caught in the line of fire.
The guns, which the lab unveiled to much ado Thursday but has not yet installed, are meant to protect the laboratory's cache of radioactive plutonium, which terrorists might try to steal or destroy, sending a plume over much of the Livermore Valley. The weapons, called Gatling guns because they are multibarreled like their 19th century counterparts, fire up to 4,000 rounds a minute from six barrels.
The Gatling guns are far more powerful than anything the local police have in their arsenal, and Livermore police Capt. Mark Weiss said the lab has fully briefed the department on the weapons. Police Chief Steve Krull and other city officials work closely with the lab and support the new weaponry, said Livermore Vice Mayor Marj Leider, herself a retired nuclear chemist at the lab.
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Those goofy Californians will get their panties in a bunch over anything cool.
If those Gatling guns ever jump the fence and start roaming through the neighborhood, there could be BIG trouble.....
Happiness is a belt-fed weapon... doubly so for a gatling gun.
These are the same idiots that will complain after an attack in their town that "someone should have done something".
Here's your something...Its got 6 barrels and it shoots fast. Next problem.
Talk about closing the barn doors after the cows have already left!
your turf ping
Amen
Leave it to the antique SF Chronicle to cite two ignorant twenty-somethings for contrarian POV. In addition, they included the old anti-gun diatribe that the guns might "go off on their own" and thus injure innocents. It's no wonder that the public at large is rapidly concluding that MSM "reporting" is simply idiotic nonsense.
Get some!
I am pretty sure that you don't just carry that one around with a shoulder strap. There was another gun released recently that puts over 200000 rounds a minute in the air. Now I would like to see that. The bullets are designed to be stacked on top of each other and electronically detonated. You can let all the ammo fly at once, or you can fire the shells individually.
I got the feeling the only one confused in this short article was the "journalist".
well, maybe the governator would carry one.
Probably just about right.
RPGs typically have an aimed range limit of about 250 meters and a lobbed range of about 1000 meters which fits the specs for the gatlings nicely.
Probably not wise for nearby residents to let strangers into their back yards carrying RPGs.
Years ago, when skiing at one particular area, you could hear them test firing. Can't remember what caliber, though.
A thing of unquestionable beauty.
Now, if they're the 7.62mm variant I'd say that's about right. They'd be perfect for shredding some jihadi with an RPG at 800 meters or so.
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