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Pilot Pacifier
27th Feb 2005, 21:28
This video is a little OTT, but awesome none the less. Here's the link to it...
http://www.big-boys.com/articles/iraqfootage.html
For all you FJ types, next time you do FE with a Chinook and he calls "Snapshot," now you know what could be coming at you! :eek:
On the highest settings that equals 4000 rounds per min (or 66.6 rounds a second). :mad:
Enjoy...
PP
Nice page title "The Apache Gattling Gun" [sic] :hmm:
Worth watching though.
LXGB
Avtrician
28th Feb 2005, 02:20
The title is indeed a trifle misleading, as the the chopper shown was a Huey, and the gun was the Mini-Gun. Impressive footage anyway.
Dont know that the minigun was fitted to the Hughes 500D shown in the clip, always thought they had a forward firing cannon.
The Apache was fitted with a large Chaingun, somewhat heavier and different operation to the minigun.
Always thought the Mini would be good for roo shooting on the back acreage.
Pontius Navigator
28th Feb 2005, 06:50
They're bullets? More like molten lead. Makes the 762 look like pencil stubs.
Navaleye
28th Feb 2005, 08:05
I want one. Very useful next time Glenda Jackson knocks on my door asking me I'll vote for her. :p
Thud_and_Blunder
28th Feb 2005, 09:18
Anyone able to host a copy of this? For some strange reason:rolleyes: Middle Eastern ISPs seem unwilling to allow access to a site with "Big Boys" in the title...
Personally I'd have thought it was right - er - up their street...
MOSTAFA
28th Feb 2005, 11:47
easy with nobody shooting back eh
SilsoeSid
28th Feb 2005, 12:26
Thud,
Will this link work?
http://vampirebat.com/war/gatlinggun.wmv
SS
(Thanks to TLF 18thpl.)
TURNBULL
28th Feb 2005, 13:27
Navaleye,
You want one of those guns, I want one of those crewman!!!!! The weapon is only as good as the guy aiming it.
He actually hit some of the targets - fantastic video, something for the cabin attendants to aspire to!
Onan the Clumsy
28th Feb 2005, 18:15
So that's what happens to all those cars that get donated to charity.
Is it me, or do the majority of the rounds actually miss the target?
Still if you have to fight an army of parked cars abandoned in an open plane, this'd definately be the weapon of choice :ok:
PP
OTT? Never! Very nice indeed and a good find. It reminds me of my time variously above and behind the M61 Vulcan - 6000 rounds per minute, or a cool 100 per second, and 20mm to boot. A bit light for armour, sadly, but a blast to fire. I've seen pics from Viet Nam days of F-4s with 3 such weapons - one on the centreline and one under each wing - and that looked like being the biggest ordnance-delivery thrill ever! Apart from nuking Blair, of course.
Lynx206
1st Mar 2005, 09:00
Just remember there are normally four ball rounds in between each pair of tracer rounds in standard 7.62mm ammunition.
It strikes me that you should be engaging targets before you get to them...not after they have passed!
Thud_and_Blunder
1st Mar 2005, 12:02
S Sid,
(in best Ringo Starr drunken slur) you are a Really Useful Engine - thanks for the working link.
It strikes me that you should be engaging targets before you get to them...not after they have passed!
Might make you unpopular with the front-end crew if you happen to be the tail-ramp gunner...
parked cars abandoned in an open plane
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/CommunityMemories/AAIY/000a/image/slide/AAIY000a00b8.jpg
http://www.transportarchive.org.uk/aimages/G1665.jpg
Navaleye
1st Mar 2005, 18:43
The RN is putting them on ships as close in protection against a towel head attack boat similar to USS Cole. I'd say they would be pretty effective. Handy against any a/c or helos that got too close.