[elcid1970]

Ah geez, I’m a 58 year old reservist and I fired the M2 in May at Ft McCoy WS for the first time in 15 years. WTF do they mean the “replacement” is slower than good ol’ Ma Deuce? She just chugs along at 400 rpm or so as it is.

But, I now like my cars and my heavy weapons the way I like my women:

Built for comfort, not speed.

;^)

[Brad from Tennessee]

I got to fire a quad-fifty one time in Vietnam. It was sitting on the highest point of a hill in the center of a combat base so it could be directed at any part of the perimeter that might be breached by the dinks. It was mounted on a towed trailer. They would preregister the thing to fire H&I at different points on the map at night. I was part of a reactionary squad one night. It was good duty because you got to sleep all night. Our position was next to the quad-fifty. One of the crew that manned it let me fire a burst. That was done by depressing a button on a switch box. It was a rush.

[El Gato]

She just chugs along at 400 rpm or so as it is.

Advertised ROF is 550 rpm. Happened to have needed to know that at work in the past couple of months. But of course it varies from weapon to weapon, and between types and lots of ammunition. One source says 450-600 RPM.