30MM Gatling Gun! - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Hatterasguy · #1 10-03-2006, 11:57 PM

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3322269358996632798&q=Gatling+gun

Damn is all I can say!

unkl300d · #2 10-04-2006, 12:03 AM

Sounds like my diesel in the morning!

diametricalbenz · #3 10-04-2006, 12:11 AM

Is all that "blowby"

, unburned powder from the rapid cartridge action?

MattBelliveau · #4 10-04-2006, 09:49 AM

Italian tuneup...? Never had flames come out...

#5 10-04-2006, 12:19 PM

You need to see an A-10 dump its load.

Botnst · #6 10-04-2006, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by MedMech

You need to see an A-10 dump its load.

Saw one do that on a deuce and a half target on a range owned by the now retired England AFB (near Ft Polk, ever been to Ft polk MedMech ... hahaha!)

Dirt and spinning truck pieces flew dozens of yards into the air. O. M. G.

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#7 10-04-2006, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Botnst

Saw one do that on a deuce and a half target on a range owned by the now retired England AFB (near Ft Polk, ever been to Ft polk MedMech ... hahaha!)

Dirt and spinning truck pieces flew dozens of yards into the air. O. M. G.

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Hey maybe we saw the same plane

Any whoo I witnessed three A-10's strafing a convoy in a far away land, by far the most awesome and humbling sight I have ever seen.

FamilyGuy · #8 10-04-2006, 01:30 PM

They should have put a camera on the "recieving" end... now that would be waaaay cool, but then again I'll fire a single .50 DU round per min instead of 1200 lick my balls rounds

can you say "cost efficiency" ?

#9 10-04-2006, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by FamilyGuy

They should have put a camera on the "recieving" end... now that would be waaaay cool, but then again I'll fire a single .50 DU round per min instead of 1200 lick my balls rounds

can you say "cost efficiency" ?

i don't think a camera would last long at then angle.

FamilyGuy · #10 10-04-2006, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by MedMech

i don't think a camera would last long at then angle.

It would be "coooooollll" whilst it lasted

cscmc1 · #11 10-04-2006, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by FamilyGuy

They should have put a camera on the "recieving" end... now that would be waaaay cool, but then again I'll fire a single .50 DU round per min instead of 1200 lick my balls rounds

can you say "cost efficiency" ?

Check out the Imax film "Fighter Pilot." You'll see exactly that! It (the movie) is out on DVD now, and I can highly recommend it.

TheDon · #12 10-04-2006, 03:14 PM

god bless america.... i soo want that 30mm gatling gun..

diametricalbenz · #13 10-04-2006, 03:43 PM

You could always save up and make an offer on one of the Iowa class battleships from Uncle Sam

I think it's 125lbs or so of powder per shot!

Did anyone ever see Jeremy Clarson gun down the Corvette with the twin 7.62mm miniguns attached to the Hughes 500 with Mike Dillon at the wheel?

Hatterasguy · #14 10-04-2006, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by FamilyGuy

They should have put a camera on the "recieving" end... now that would be waaaay cool, but then again I'll fire a single .50 DU round per min instead of 1200 lick my balls rounds

can you say "cost efficiency" ?

Cheaper than a Hellfire!

Know your talking 16in guns! I was checking them out on the battleship MA. They are freaken huge, really one cannot comprehend how large they are unless you actualy see the rounds and walk in the turrets. When firing the cleared the decks, because the shells would create so much suction that they could actualy suck a person off the deck!

BobK · #15 10-04-2006, 06:27 PM

As I recall, the 16' guns on an Iowa class use 6 110lb bags of cordite per round. Remember, they are gonna launch a 2500lb projectile over 24 miles. Further note: With a good spotter, they can achieve "minute of accuracy". Pretty good from that distance.