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Gun whips up a Metal Storm (1 million rounds per minute)
CNN ^
| June 27, 2003
| Geoff Hiscock
Posted on 06/27/2003 7:33:53 AM PDT by tdadams
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:45 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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BRISBANE, Australia (CNN) -- Imagine a gun that fires a million rounds a minute -- enough to shred a target in a blink of an eye, or throw up a defensive wall against an incoming missile.
This is Metal Storm, a weapons system that forsakes old-style mechanics for the speed of electronics.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; firepower; guncontrol; guns; military; rkba; stoppingpower
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Cool. When can I get one?
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posted on
06/27/2003 7:33:54 AM PDT
by
tdadams
To: tdadams
It can even be programmed not to fire within, say, the grounds of a school. Now what is this statement doing in here?...........
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posted on
06/27/2003 7:36:39 AM PDT
by
joesnuffy
(Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
To: tdadams
I think I just heard Feinswine pass out cold. :-)
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posted on
06/27/2003 7:37:56 AM PDT
by
Normal4me
To: tdadams
Hey td. This has been posted a few dozen times, but you can be forgiven, cuz the search-engine didn't show any of the iterations of the article when I searched.
But, yeah, I heard of this invention sometime last year. They even have some really neat videos of the device operating at various speeds.
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posted on
06/27/2003 7:39:20 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(PROUDLY POSTING WITHOUT READING THE ARTICLE SINCE 1999!)
To: tdadams
I have got to have one.
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posted on
06/27/2003 7:39:33 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Read Buddy's, (the labrador retriever), new book about the Clintons, "Living Hell")
To: tdadams
Get it quick as you may be certain it will banned as soon as it practical.
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posted on
06/27/2003 7:40:13 AM PDT
by
harpseal
(Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown)
To: joesnuffy
I think this is the modern journalistic equivalent of, "tut-tut."
To: tdadams
The Metal Storm handgun employs electronic locking, which can limit firing access and stop unauthorized use. It can even be programmed not to fire within, say, the grounds of a school. Ah yes, good old reliable electronics.
"Put down your weapon. You have 20 seconds to comply"
To: tdadams
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posted on
06/27/2003 7:41:51 AM PDT
by
Lokibob
To: tdadams
Doesn't look like much but kicks butt!
To: tdadams
Cool. When can I get one?Yeah, but the stinkin' Feds will probably make the civilian model limited to a 500,000 round capacity.
Ok, so that'd still be pretty sweet.
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posted on
06/27/2003 7:41:51 AM PDT
by
nravoter
(I've given a name to my pain, and it's "Hillary".)
To: harpseal
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posted on
06/27/2003 7:41:53 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(PROUDLY POSTING WITHOUT READING THE ARTICLE SINCE 1999!)
To: tdadams
I have seen this before. The way the gun works is to stack the bullets and propellant (encased in disintegrating paper or substance) in the barrel and to fire them electronically.
You are limited to the number of barrels times the number of bullets and then you have to reload. So 10 barrels times 10 bullets equals 100 bullets downrange. Yes, you can send them downrange in 1/100,000 of a second, but so what? Now you have to reload.
This limitation is what makes the motorized Gatlin gun much mor practical and desireable.
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posted on
06/27/2003 7:42:27 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: Lazamataz; tdadams
To: honeygrl
Get hubby to buy you one of these for those pesky deer.

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posted on
06/27/2003 7:44:32 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Read Buddy's, (the labrador retriever), new book about the Clintons, "Living Hell")
To: tdadams
If Metal Storms are outlawed, only outlaws will have Metal Storms.
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posted on
06/27/2003 7:48:41 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(Liberals can sugarcoat sh** all they want. I'm not biting.)
To: tdadams
As I remember from previous articles this does not fire "(1 million rounds per minute)." It fires a few rounds at the rate of a million rounds per minute. Previous articles had the same hype. I think these guys have a persistent PR firm working for them.
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posted on
06/27/2003 7:50:30 AM PDT
by
FreePaul
To: honeygrl
If there are a lot of deer get one of these.

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posted on
06/27/2003 7:50:34 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Read Buddy's, (the labrador retriever), new book about the Clintons, "Living Hell")
To: Blood of Tyrants
Yes, you can send them downrange in 1/100,000 of a second, but so what? Now you have to reload.I was wondering about that little detail. 1 million rounds/minute is impressive, but I'd hate to have to pack that ammo into the field.
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posted on
06/27/2003 7:50:41 AM PDT
by
randog
(Everything works great 'til the current flows.)
To: randog
" but I'd hate to have to pack that ammo into the field."
Duh, hold muh martini and hand me another million round clip.
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posted on
06/27/2003 7:53:26 AM PDT
by
lawdude
(Liberalism: A failure every time it is tried.)
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