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New Gun Fires 'Laser of Lead'

Josey1Josey1 Member Posts: 9,598 ✭✭
edited October 2001 in General Discussion
New Gun Fires 'Laser of Lead' By Stewart Taggart 2:00 a.m. Sep. 28, 2001 PDT SYDNEY, Australia -- It may not be ready for George Bush's "first war of the 21st century." But it may well be ready if there's a second. In perhaps the most audacious upgrade of high-speed weaponry since the introduction of the Gatling Gun, Australian inventor Mike O'Dwyer has developed a machine gun that can fire bullets at a rate of 1 million rounds per minute.
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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Who was it that was looking for a missle defense system? What other possible use would something like this have? Sure would like to know what kind of barrel system can take that rate of fire . . . or perhaps that's a 'technical issue' to be addressed at a later date . . . .
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  • Trader DaveTrader Dave Member Posts: 791 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A slight bit of overkill I would think. Just a 3 second burst would fire 50,000 rounds. Maybe some targets need a few thousand hits to kill. Stick with the Neutron Bomb. Do it all with one shot.
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  • mlincolnmlincoln Member Posts: 5,039 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Actually, I think that this gun was developed as a ship-board anit-missle weapon. The mini-gun presently in use is good, but the missles move so fast that there is only a fraction of a second for the gun to hit it. This new gun increases the amount of bullets going out, and therefore increases the chance of a hit. Coupled with the new integrated battlefield technology, it could be quite a powerful weapon. Still a while before it makes it into the field, though.
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  • Josey1Josey1 Member Posts: 9,598 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    1 million rds /minute would put one hell of a curtain of fire.
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  • HAIRYHAIRY Member Posts: 23,606
    edited November -1
    How in 'ell do you carry enuf ammo for it?
    It's not what you know that gets you in trouble, it's what you know that just ain't so!
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  • ED PED P Member Posts: 190 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Josey 1 et al,On the curtain of fire, I've read about a simpler ship protection version that puts a high explosive in the water in front of the missile at a precise time, causing the missile to hit the sheet of water from the explosion- a simple idea, and probably alot cheaper, and one round per shot.
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  • alledanalledan Member Posts: 19,541
    edited November -1
    http://www.metalstorm-ltd.com
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