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Posted: 11/16/2013 7:54:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I would like to see video as well. The video linked in this thread is a 7.62 minigun. There are no videos of the XM214 in operation that I'm aware of. |
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Posted: 11/16/2013 7:59:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I need two of those for my car SCOOTER !     |
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Posted: 11/16/2013 8:10:03 AM EDT
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I actually remember reading an article in Popular Science magazine about a similar technology/gun being used on larger satellites and space stations to use against meteors and such. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:On a more serious note, weren't they looking at this weapon for use as a CIWS for tanks, to stop ATGM's? I actually remember reading an article in Popular Science magazine about a similar technology/gun being used on larger satellites and space stations to use against meteors and such. If you are going 18K mph, and what you are shooting at is moving just as fast...Nah.... |
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Posted: 11/16/2013 8:15:41 AM EDT
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Pure sex. Put it in a CROWS-type mount with full thermal sighting and it could fit on darn near any small vehicle.
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Posted: 11/16/2013 9:40:18 AM EDT
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One of the things it suffered from was too high a rate of fire. They decided supply chains couldn't keep up with the need for ammo if it were fielded. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I think it lacked a platform. Anything that could carry a microgun could carry a minigun so why bother? Maybe when we get powered exoskeletons... One of the things it suffered from was too high a rate of fire. They decided supply chains couldn't keep up with the need for ammo if it were fielded. Electric motor-powered - The rate of fire can be just about anything you want it to be, simply by varying the motor speed. |
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Posted: 11/16/2013 9:55:51 AM EDT
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Electric motor-powered - The rate of fire can be just about anything you want it to be, simply by varying the motor speed. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I think it lacked a platform. Anything that could carry a microgun could carry a minigun so why bother? Maybe when we get powered exoskeletons... One of the things it suffered from was too high a rate of fire. They decided supply chains couldn't keep up with the need for ammo if it were fielded. Electric motor-powered - The rate of fire can be just about anything you want it to be, simply by varying the motor speed. RoF selectable by rheostat, stabilized-mount CROWS type system (with manual backup) on an MRAP or JLTV-size vehicle...same ammo as the SAW, and heck! since it's not using the fired cartridge energy to cycle, it's the perfect vehicle for M855A1 and its insane pressure curve! |
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Posted: 11/16/2013 10:04:57 AM EDT
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Posted: 11/17/2013 4:08:19 AM EDT
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One of the things it suffered from was too high a rate of fire. They decided supply chains couldn't keep up with the need for ammo if it were fielded. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I think it lacked a platform. Anything that could carry a microgun could carry a minigun so why bother? Maybe when we get powered exoskeletons... One of the things it suffered from was too high a rate of fire. They decided supply chains couldn't keep up with the need for ammo if it were fielded. ROF can be arbitrarly controlled on a electrically operated firearm. |
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Posted: 11/17/2013 4:09:42 AM EDT
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What if you fire 5.56 from a helicopter flying really fast? Or fire it from a helicopter on a turntable? 
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Wow are they tiny! Seems like mounting these things on stuff like little birds would make sense. Save a lot of weight. 7.62 is the minimum effective caliber for anything fired from a helicopter. Or fire it from a helicopter on a turntable?
or from a plane on a conveyer belt 
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Posted: 11/17/2013 4:12:21 AM EDT
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Can you even deer hunt with that bro? In Arkansas we can. |
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Posted: 11/17/2013 4:41:02 AM EDT
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I have a vision:
XM214 inside the six barrels of an M134 inside the six barrels of an M61 inside the seven barrels of a GAU8..... Concentric death spiral of lead FTW!
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Posted: 11/17/2013 4:46:45 AM EDT
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I have a vision: XM214 inside the six barrels of an M134 inside the six barrels of an M61 inside the seven barrels of a GAU8..... Concentric death spiral of lead FTW! You forgot the GAU-19 and GAU-12. For shame. |
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Posted: 11/17/2013 4:54:43 AM EDT
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You forgot the GAU-19 and GAU-12. For shame. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I have a vision: XM214 inside the six barrels of an M134 inside the six barrels of an M61 inside the seven barrels of a GAU8..... Concentric death spiral of lead FTW! You forgot the GAU-19 and GAU-12. For shame. Well, I didn't want to just seem silly....
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Posted: 11/17/2013 4:57:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Can you even deer hunt with that bro? Deer, before: http://www.deer.com/content/modules/rhino.pages/files/uploads/deer/deer-hunting-info-at-your-fingertips/img-006.jpg Deer, after: https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQD-XUQj5N6n7VH4i-MmNmU48hJIjpnNkdJcTeT5_kMoVvPHotw  |
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Posted: 11/17/2013 4:59:57 AM EDT
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So I found something of interest. To compliment the XM214, I present the T250: aka the BFGG. Chambered in 37x219mmSR.
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Posted: 11/17/2013 5:20:17 AM EDT
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So I found something of interest. To compliment the XM214, I present the T250: aka the BFGG. Chambered in 37x219mmSR. http://ww2.rediscov.com/spring/full/2194-JPG633536160122158879.jpg Now I want one in 40×364mm - that would be a Swedish wet dream.
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Posted: 11/17/2013 5:23:00 AM EDT
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Now I want one in 40×364mm - that would be a Swedish wet dream. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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So I found something of interest. To compliment the XM214, I present the T250: aka the BFGG. Chambered in 37x219mmSR. http://ww2.rediscov.com/spring/full/2194-JPG633536160122158879.jpg Now I want one in 40×364mm - that would be a Swedish wet dream.
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Posted: 11/17/2013 10:38:02 PM EDT
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Wow are they tiny! Seems like mounting these things on stuff like little birds would make sense. Save a lot of weight. 7.62 is the minimum effective caliber for anything fired from a helicopter. Or fire it from a helicopter on a turntable?
or from a plane on a conveyer belt But it can be defeated simply by putting all of the targets on a turntable. |
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Posted: 11/17/2013 11:18:42 PM EDT
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My trunk MONKEY saw it..........Now he wants one!
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Posted: 11/17/2013 11:28:15 PM EDT
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Now I want one in 40×364mm - that would be a Swedish wet dream. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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So I found something of interest. To compliment the XM214, I present the T250: aka the BFGG. Chambered in 37x219mmSR. http://ww2.rediscov.com/spring/full/2194-JPG633536160122158879.jpg Now I want one in 40×364mm - that would be a Swedish wet dream. Followed shortly by 57×438mm, and then 76×900mmR, and so on until we reach at least 406mm. 
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