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To: Bikkuri
Just checked your link you sent.. That is the scaled down version (5.56) .. was not brought into service (that we know of)..

That's the only one that's even remotely man-portable.

Here is the one I was talking about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minigun

That would be fun to play with, wouldn't it? A bit pricey in today's ammo market, though. Let's see, if you were able to get a bunch of 7.62x51 at really good price, you could burn through a 5,000 round belt in just under a minute, using up $2500 worth of ammo.

57 posted on 09/02/2013 2:39:37 PM PDT by Kip Russell (Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Kip Russell

Lol.. nice to dream ;^)

Like I said, one full auto I would love to shoot ;)

At least me firing the 50Cal (full auto, but instructed to try to keep 3 round bursts.. and having 3 interchangeable barrels next to us WITH an ‘oven mitt’).. Was an adrenaline rush experience, but, thank God I never had to mount one in battle.. I was stuck with AR15.. which, me being E13 (artillery advisor) on the battlefield, was no problem.


59 posted on 09/02/2013 2:51:18 PM PDT by Bikkuri (Molon Labe)
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