oooooooooh.
http://bassque.gasullivan.com/rx7_sandrail_384.wmv
yes, it's windows media.
my god.
there's something terribly cathartic about watching this. Place, for instance, in your imagination, whoever you're currently angry with in the driver's seat of that car.
oh yeah.
yes, it's windows media.
my god.
there's something terribly cathartic about watching this. Place, for instance, in your imagination, whoever you're currently angry with in the driver's seat of that car.
oh yeah.
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Well worth it, even if you have no bandwidth. Just be patient.
I want me one of those.
But you should have seen the reaction on rx7forum.com. Wow. (You can get the gist of it by checking rotarynews.com)
but, no way that "Dylan Minigun: .30(in) calibre @ 3000 spm" is "the fastest firing".
i call hype.
the old Vulcan 20mm could spit more than 6000 rds/min
M61/M61A1 Vulcan 20mm Aircraft Gun (1946-1975). The M61 20mm Vulcan is a U.S. Air Force externally powered, six-barrel, rotary-fire Gatling gun having a rate of fire of up to 7,200 spm. The firing rate is selectible at 4,000 spm or 6,000 spm.
from here
Specifications for representative members of the Vulcan family,
M61A1 (original Vulcan 20mm cannon); M134 or GAU-2B/A Minigun;
XM124 Microgun "Six-Pak", and GAU-8A Avenger (A-10 aircraft):
Ammunition 20mm 7.62mm 5.56mm 30mm
Muzzle Velocity 3500fps 2850fps 3250fps 32-3400fps
Rate-of-fire 6000spm 4000spm 400 to 2100spm
10,000spm 4200spm
and a 20mm cannon shell is a whole other league of whoop ass...
a .30 cal round is a little bigger than a bic lighter,
a 20mm cannon round is almost the size of a long neck beer!
edit: found a visual reference... the wee one is a .30 - next to it (2nd left) is a 20mm. way more powder
From left to right: 7.62x51mm, 20x102mm, 25x137mm, 40x311mm, 105x371mm
1) fires 30mm, 9 inch long depleted uranium bullets.
2) 7x 21 foot long rotating barrells.
3) It produces so much kick back that it actually generates more force than the A10's 2 engines combined. (so don't let it go too long or you'll stall).
But I've seen some footage where the avenger does to tanks what that the minigun did to the car. . . and we're talking about 4+ inches thick of laminated, reinforced metal that is insanely strong.
I remember that in the first gulf war an A10 pilot engaged an Iraqi helicopter with the avenger. The helicopter went down fast.
anecdotally, early Canadian tests of the Vulcan 20mm cannon mounted in an F-104 included a curious case of "friendly fire"
over the firing range and according to the test protocol, pilot released a 1 second burst (@ 6000rds/min) at a ground target.
nose down into power dive, full afterburner, and pulled up over the range for close camera footage of the resulting impact
unfortunately, aircraft velocity outpaced muzzle velocity, and he was level over target area as burst arrived.
first round impacted just behind the cockpit... from there back, the largest single piece of the plane recovered afterwards was about 6 inches long.
hello universal shredder.
not quite the planned demo, but extremely convincing to Air Force Brass, whose recommendations included not only purchase of the Vulcan system, but also new range safety policies.
to my knowledge, the only self-shootdown in modern canadian air combat... and no, the pilot didn't accept the kill they offered to paint under his cockpit
Anyway, I think the self inflicted gun disaster is an urban myth. How fast can an F104 go in a full after burn dive without totally losing it? Not faster than Mach 3.5 for sure. The bullets are travelling faster than that.
Originally posted by Splinemodel
You will probably never know what it's like to fire a gun, and it's your loss.
You know, Norway actually has a higher density of firearms than in the USA. In my family alone we have about ten shotguns and rifles.
Originally posted by NETROMac
You know, Norway actually has a higher density of firearms than in the USA. In my family alone we have about ten shotguns and rifles.
hush! don't tell them that.
Hey man, I've shot cars before. . . for cheap thrills. . . at a junkyard. It's better than bowling, which is better than spending friday night at home. And you don't have to wake up really early and go sit in a camo box.
And no, at the time I did not have a girlfriend.
Originally posted by New
hush! don't tell them that.