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Last edited by docnutz (2006-10-19 13:53:24)
i wasnt aware they put 30mm gatling guns on hueysDoms wrote:
Yeah thats the General-Motors minigun, first pu on the huey's in vietnam i think.
Last edited by Snake (2006-11-05 10:31:11)
Actually he did really fire the weapon in his "training". They had to bring down the rate of fire significantly so he could properly use it. I dont remember the specifics, but the drop from its mounted rate to its standing rate what quite large gap.Doms wrote:
Yeah thats the General-Motors minigun, first pu on the huey's in vietnam i think.
And for fans of Predator, the minigun that guy had is impossible to hold, it weighs about 70 kilos, and if he fired it would hold him back, and where would he get the power? from a unseeable power cable leading for his backpack, to the on-set power generator. He also is firing blanks, real bullets would make him fall back due to enoumous recoil.
That's because they didn't. The A10s 30mm gatling gun would probably flip a Huey around in circles and send it smashing into the ground. Besides that, its a huge gun. Not the kind of miniguns they mount on choppers.krazed wrote:
i wasnt aware they put 30mm gatling guns on hueysDoms wrote:
Yeah thats the General-Motors minigun, first pu on the huey's in vietnam i think.
its remember before i forget by slipknotNaughty_Om wrote:
What Song is that???
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/win._-_911_-_180891 wrote:
It sure is a cute deadly plane.
http://www.dementia.org/~adams/lego/a10/upright.jpg
The mini guns used on choppers are 7.62mm mini guns. The round is significantly smaller than the A10's 30mm gun. I took some comparison shots of a 30mm A10 casing and a 2 cell maglite and a quarter for reference.Doms wrote:
Yeah thats the General-Motors minigun, first pu on the huey's in vietnam i think.
And for fans of Predator, the minigun that guy had is impossible to hold, it weighs about 70 kilos, and if he fired it would hold him back, and where would he get the power? from a unseeable power cable leading for his backpack, to the on-set power generator. He also is firing blanks, real bullets would make him fall back due to enoumous recoil.
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Fairchild Republic, not Fairborn Skyes .p34cekeeper wrote:
Also, there was the whole thing of the company that made em (Fairborn Sykes??) going bust and not making them any more, plus the US military decided they maybe weren't all that useful in modern combat situations, but theyve been refitted and modified with more modern equipment and by god do they kick the ass hehehe
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The "Avenger" (as the GAU-8/A is named) is now also seeing use in naval weapon systems. The "Goalkeeper" CIWS (Close In Weapon System) basically mounts one on a really fast turret, with loads of tracking and targetting equipment. Instead of being restricted to the fairly small ammo load the A-10 carries (after all, ammo is heavy, and the A-10 needs to fly), you get a mechanism that pumps rounds up from below decks.FeedUsYourFetus wrote:
The General Electric GAU-8/A 30mm gatling gun was specifically designed for the A10....so it's first, and to my knowledge only appearance is in the A10 aircraft.
KiL
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