Weapon Thread

[moreKOTORplz]

 

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The funny thing about these is that if you fire too many rounds within a certain period of time, the barrel will get so hot that it will actually melt. We had that happen during FTX when one of the machinegunners was laying down suppressing fire. So what you have to do is periodically swap out the barrel when putting down heavy fire for an extended period of time.

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that seems really weird to me, since i normally don't think about gun barrels melting. could they make a heat resistant metal alloy to use in stead? or is it just not worth the expense, e.g. two normal melting barrels cost less than a heat resistant one would...

[Walsingham]

iirc You are correct.

1) Several replacements are better

2) Any barrel develops wear and tear from firing. So you have to replace at some point anyway.

3) Most non water-cooled Mgs have replaceable barrels for sustained fire.

 

I seem to remember that the Italian MG from ww2 had no handle for grasping the barrels so you had to swap out one that was red hot, with bits of cloth!

 

...Ah my mis-spent youth...

[Kinslayer]

 

 

I know it looks apocalyptic and scary, but I can't deny the deadly beauty of these pics ...or am I just disturbed? "

 

 

....the peacekeepers....

 

[J.E. Sawyer]

[LoneWolf16]

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Look at the size of those balls!

[Kinslayer]

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Look at the size of those balls!

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That Moscow 600mm cannon has never been fired or used in combat, it's practicley nothing but another statue.

 

But I agree wolf, just look at the size of those balls.....

[Gabrielle]

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I know it looks apocalyptic and scary, but I can't deny the deadly beauty of these pics ...or am I just disturbed? "

 

 

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Beautiful.

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iirc You are correct.

1) Several replacements are better

2) Any barrel develops wear and tear from firing. So you have to replace at some point anyway.

3) Most non water-cooled Mgs have replaceable barrels for sustained fire.

 

I seem to remember that the Italian MG from ww2 had no handle for grasping the barrels so you had to swap out one that was red hot, with bits of cloth!

 

...Ah my mis-spent youth...

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that sounds cool to me. i've never heard of a water-cooled one though. also sounds sveet. do you have a link to a good looking one?

[Commissar]

As long as you keep short controlled bursts, it usually doesn't jam. Unless you get a lot of crap in there like sand, you should be fine. But I agree, they are a b*tch to get cleared out of a jam. The M240B's are worse though in my opinion. Here's a picture of one:

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It's the sand. The 240s do very well, on the other hand.

[11XHooah]

Here's a fun one. The MK19 40mm grenade launcher:

 

 

[moreKOTORplz]

take a look

 

http://www.wimp.com/chaingun/

 

(w00t) painting the army way

[julianw]

No love for revovlers?

 

[Child of Flame]

 

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HOLY ****!

 

With a weapon like that you could take out an entire city!

[Darque]

Or power a microwave

 

Mmmmm microwave pizza

[Walsingham]

 

One water-cooled maxim gun. The water gets pretty hot though. Tommies used to seakily use them for boiling water for tea. Which meant the oppo could see your MG points and plot them for arty, but you need tea more than life, yes?

[Kinslayer]

but you need tea more than life, yes?

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You Britons certainly seem to..... "

[WinterSun]

I hate tea

 

But I like claymores

[Moose]

That Moscow 600mm cannon has never been fired or used in combat, it's practicley nothing but another statue.

 

But I agree wolf, just look at the size of those balls.....

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600mm, **** me... just think of what an impact would do (given 50mm cannons can tear the engines of a bomber aircraft)

[WinterSun]

I think that would be more for battering city walls and castles to bits.

[J.E. Sawyer]

600mm, **** me... just think of what an impact would do (given 50mm cannons can tear the engines of a bomber aircraft)

It was created to be a defensive cannon for the Kremlin, but it was never used. It's called the Tsar Cannon.

[Kinslayer]

The new MIG-31, it can do 3000 km/h and its radars can "see" enemy approaching at 200 km distance, with a few of these flying parallel but 200 km apart, who needs AWACS!

 

 

 

And the new MIG-35 has stealth capabilities, with the canard, wing and fuselage structures incorporating carbon-fiber and polymer composite materials. Other stealth features include radar-absorbing covering, screening of radar-visible structure elements, and reduced heat signature. The fifth-generation pulse-doppler radar has a phased-array andtenna with electronic scanning to simultaneously attack over 20 targets.....the production was canceled due to, yes you guessed, insufficient funds <_<

 

[moreKOTORplz]

HOLY ****!

 

With a weapon like that you could take out an entire city!

 

 

yea but...

 

 

this is true fire power

[moreKOTORplz]

 

(w00t) so prutty and still tops in thrust vectoring

[Calax]

R2D2's evil brother that shoots down missles for the navy... the CWIS!