[geeks] Just when you thought the usa was gun happy :-)

[Tim H.]

The General Electric Avenger cannon (used on tha A10 plane) uses it's high rate of fire for armor penetration.  The rate of fire is so high, and the plane is (relatively) slow, so basically the rounds hit in the same spot, allowing non-explosive, spent uranium core (think heavy) projectiles to basically hammer through armor.  Sure, you can't shoot that same bullet once and kill a tank, and at 20 or 30 rounds a minute your shots will all hit different places, also not killing the tank, but at 1200 rds a minute (low speed) a burst of 50 rds hitting almost the same spot will make a hole.  It's a slick gun, but technology has moved on. Darn, a million a minute?!  if you had enough ammo you could kill a tank with a 22 at that rate.

Tim


On Fri, 7 Jun 2002 18:22:26 -0500
"Shawn Wallbridge" <swallbridge at franticfilms.com> wrote:

> More lead heading towards the guys trying to kill you the better!
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> shawn
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> Good point, but my point still stands. With guns that can these days
> shoot thousands of rounds per second or even minute, what is the
> difference in the end? The gun runs out of bullets 1 one hundredth of
> a second sooner? 
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> > The gun in question has 36 barrels, so it wouldn't be carried. It
> > would be mounted on something or in something (think .50 cal).
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> > Ok, the gun in question may be great, and it may have a shit load
> > of ammo available. But at a million rounds a second, I wonder if it
> > can hold that much. Can any gun that is one person carried weapon
> > with such a high rate of fire last a second? How bout even half a
> > second?  
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> > > On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 02:55:26PM -0400, Brian Hechinger wrote: 
> > >
> > > > insanely large ROF weapons don't use clips since there is no
> > > > point like you mentioned, and rather use a belt feed mechanism
> > > > and a large
> > > > container of rounds.
> > >
> > > The gun in question, I believe, doesn't use belts, but long
> > > prepacked barrels with the bullets one in front of the next.
> > >
> > > If I recall correctly, one of the discussed uses was clearing
> > > mine fields.
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