[ScreamingFist]

What's the point? An M61/A1 fires 6000 rounds a minute, can be reloaded in minutes, and doesn't require a barrel change for 60,000 rounds. This is a toy with no practical application.

[Billthedrill]

This is a toy with no practical application.

Party poop. (You might say the same thing about half the stuff in my gunsafe...)

OTOH, you might have a point...one of my instructors insists that high-cap mags are only good for helping you miss faster...

[webster]

Actually I believe they intended this to be a possible replacement for landmines.

"By lashing together a series of rapid-fire barrels filled with mortars, and remotely controlling when and where they fire, this technology could be a replacement for landmines."

[general_re]

So if you build a man-portable version so some grunt can carry it into battle, like DARPA seems to want, are you going to have a dump truck following him around to carry all the ammo this thing's gonna use?

[Robert A Cook PE]

Way Cooooool.

Let's see: 1 million rounds in one minute, a tripod, and a lot of replacement machineguns and replacement barrels.

I can see it now.

Sarge, we've just been warned about an attack tonight..... Put the first million mom machine gun over in that corner, put the second one in that other corner, and park the 2 million ammo trucks behind the mess hall.

Make sure all the drivers get something to eat, and find out how many have even one ammo clip for their M-16.

[techcor]

Aw, come on ScreamingFist, how about my "Metal Tornado" idea to have a more accurate (albeit slower) form of a missile? Sure, it's a one shot item that should explode afterwards but it should be able to take our a camp. Or skim along a canyon to take out a cave of terrorists.

[The KG9 Kid]

"...This is a toy with no practical application."

Robotic perimeter defense?

[Cogadh na Sith]

This is a toy with no practical application.

I'm a HUGE sceptic of 'new and improved' military crap. However, I'm unwilling to write this design idea off so quickly....

[Cogadh na Sith]

It's kinda like an M18/A1 Claymore mine with larger projectiles, better aimed, longer range and no backblast.

I can think of uses for that.

[yarddog]

An M-16 fires about 600-700 rounds per minute, Not 6,000, and can be reloaded in seconds not minutes

[He Rides A White Horse]

This is a toy with no practical application.

Yet.