Destruction V Precision

Well, destroy is a vague word. While the heavy vehicle might not explode, one could possibly describe putting 10,000 bullets into something as destroying it.

 

Isn't this the idea anyway?


Miniguns rock! You probably couldn't actually hold one without tearing your arm off, but it'd be ideal for a vehicle-mounted version.
Plus, blowing stuff up, while cool, isn't as satisfying as pulverizing it into swiss cheese.

 

Yeah, I'd go for the minigun too. Not the same BOOM thing as the RL, but hey, 10.000 bulletholes ain't the funniest thing ever happened to a man, eh?

 

Well, if you had depleted uranium ammo with an explosive core coming out of that minigun...

 

Oh yeah baby. Keep talking.

 

The kickback on a minigun isn't THAT bad, because it's a small bullet and, at least if it's made right, some of the recoil transfers into the rotation of the gun. You still need to be pretty strong to hold one steady though.

Depleted uranium is a different story, because it's alot denser. That would almost have to be mounted to the back of a Hummer. Properly tricked out, meaning with rockets, a Hummer is a damn fine piece of equipment.

 

Have any of you ever played Spycraft? It's essentially modern D&D with lots of poitical intrigue and gadgets. Through various heists, my team aquired both a Hummer and a Hind. I flew and my friend Branden drove. Every one else shot out of the hummer's windows. We were unstoppable. Every plan we made always ended up getting shot to hell with us having to shoot our way out. Most of us had backstories of a criminal nature. Why we were hired by a spy agency, I'll never know. Then I stole a Harrier and we aquired a sports car...

 

Heh, why they named it a Harrier I'll never know. That bird sucks so much more than the plane. They should have named it like, the VTOL Deathmonger.

 

I am inexpert at guns, but is a recoilless minigun possible?

 

Thats a good moniker. I'm going to re-name mine once the upgrades are finished. Our next target is an aircraft carrier whichg we plan on equipping with a Proteus Package (which will allow it to fly and submerse). Currently, we're conducting an infiltration mission in bus that would have survived The Gauntlet without a scratch, and blown everyone shooting at it to hell.

And I passed 500 posts without noticing. Typical.

 

Oh, it would be nigh impossible to hold one steady while spraying out thousands of rounds per minute. The rotation of the minigun is not gas operated, it is electric. The bullet is a 7.62mm, and while not as large in diameter as a 9mm pistol round, it has a much larger powder charge. The charge, not the size or density of the bullet, is responsible for the recoil.

I just fired an M240H machine gun this week. It is also a 7.62mm, and could fire about 850 rpm if you had a belt of ammo that long. That thing likes to jump around quite a bit, even when you are in the prone with it held tight to your shoulder. The minigun can fire up to 10,000 rpm. You do the math.

 

The most dangerous miniguns are part of the Aegis defense system on most naval vessels. They fire upwards of 10,000 rpm, and you hardly ever hear the individual shots coming from this weapon. Though...you could, the shots are 166 miliseconds apart, plenty of time to seperate the noises. But who needs to?
I thought that minigun recoil was relatively low because of the weight of the weapon, but I guess since its spraying out that many bullets at one time, it doesn't matter how heavy it is.

 

I seen the Aegis in action when I was younger, its the most impressive weapons exhibitions I have ever seen. Its designed to take down missiles fired at the ship, and can even track moving targets! They fired it at a small drone which literally disintegrated in a big POOF!

I need one mounted on my car during rush hour.....

 

I sit at my desk corrected. Thank you Japes. However, in terms of recoil a heavier shell would also increase recoil, as the mass difference between the shells would be multiplied by 10 K per minute, which comes to quite a bit more momentum throwing you backwards.

Negligible in comparison, maybe. Still a fact though.

 

The worst kick to the shoulder I ever got was from a single action 12ga. firing a 3 inch "SuperMagnum" round. Bad Idea.

If you ever find yourself shooting a single action shotgun, fire from the hip, not the shoulder. As the name implies, there is no action to absorb any of the recoil.

By the way, shooting oversized pumpkins with a shotgun is lots of fun.

 

Speaking about Pumpkins and vehicle mounted weapons, check theses out:

http://www.idahopumpkinchunkin.com/

 

PUNKINCHUNKIN!!! I don't have the resources to make such a device. I'm limited to potatos, apples, eggs, golf balls, and....wet rags. Don't be fooled, being hit in the chest by any one of those things, minus the egg, will kill you. As long as it's fired from one of my creations....

 

Potato Guns are cool to, but sometimes frowned upon by the local cops....
But hey, you only live once right?

http://platinumchromatography.com/potato.htm

 

I got about a quarter mile on my last shot. My combustion chamber is a bit larger, and the barrel is slightly thinner. I get higher pressure that way. But, that's very obvious. I clocked my spud cannon at about 740 fps.

 

By "fps" you mean "feat per second" not "frames per second", right? Unless you've got a super-computer controlled cannon, which would be very cool...