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New machine gun capable of firing 1 million rounds a minute
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| Sept. 28, 2001
| Stewart Taggart
Posted on 09/28/2001 7:36:38 AM PDT by webster
Edited on 06/29/2004 7:08:20 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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To: webster
And, if the gun wasn't calibrated just right? If it had some dust or dirt from the war field? Water? Cold?
Talk about an ugly accident....
To: He Rides A White Horse
Coming soon, the personal version. The caliber is next to zilch, but the recipient dies a death of a thousand cuts. Literally. Loaded with fleshettes? Handheld beehive!
To: Jolly Rodgers
Every weapon ever devised that has utilized a projectile (whether it be a lead ball, a 'spear' (or dart), started off big and clumsy. Or even a rock, like a catapult.
Just imagine shooting something like this at somebody. Even a scaled down version, projectiles the size of pins (or less). They'll be able to do it sooner or later.
To: He Rides A White Horse
They'll be able to do it sooner or later. I don't doubt it. I'm interested in seeing how they handle rate of fire and reloading. Perhaps we'll one day have single use disposable firearms just like we have single use disposable cameras today.
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To: Jolly Rodgers
Perhaps we'll one day have single use disposable firearms just like we have single use disposable cameras today. There's a thought, jolly. Completely within the realm of possibility.
Many are wondering about the, for lack of a better word, 'reloadability' of such a weapon.
You don't reload it. You pull another one out of your field back and proceed to kill another 100 enemy soldiers.
To: webster
I just knew that something practical would come from watching "Junkyard Wars".
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To: webster
Can you imagine if we had this baby at Gettysburg?
To: He Rides A White Horse
Straight out of sci-fi - the needler gun.
To: webster
Maybe we could line up approx. 400 terrorists in a straight line and see how many this baby will go through in 10 seconds. Just a thought.
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To: toddhisattva
Yeah, but they DO sound SOOOO sweet when they fire! Like the roar of a pissed off demon from hell...
To: Travis Mcgee;Squantos
PING!
To: NoCurrentFreeperByThatName
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Just a bigger and more expensive version of this one that shoots 700 each 10.5 grain steel balls and is quite man portable and when broke open the 1.5 pounds of C-4 filler can be used for improvised demolitions and heating up your morning cup O'Joe.........
Stay Safe and don't be taken in by "new and improved", sometimes it just isn't so .......:o)
To: AmusedBystander
I love that program...lol
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10/01/2001 6:17:10 AM PDT
by
webster
To: kylaka
It only fires for a fraction of a second before it is completely emptied.
Then everything has to be replaced... Doesn't sound that useful to me.
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10/01/2001 6:29:31 AM PDT
by
DB
To: Squantos
Yeah, but unlike a Claymore, this thingy doesn't have a backblast. I can think of uses...
To: Squantos
Stay Safe and don't be taken in by "new and improved", sometimes it just isn't so .......:o) You got that right. Anyone who knows there gun history knows that these types of guns were build back in the 17 & 1800s
The first that I can think of. Was a flintlock that was loaded the same way. Charge projectile with a touch hole were each charge was. And you slid the lock back for each shot.
But one of the things wrong was. If you did not have a good seal between each bullet in the barrel. After the first shot the flame would set the one off behind it after some delay. Like a Roman candle.
No knew ideal hear just an upgrade.
To: chookter
For every action there is a reaction. ?......:o) Stay safe !
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