Posted: 11/12/2015 2:26:29 AM EDT
Too bad they didn't develop a quicker & easier way to load this thing.  |
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So why does it look like they are trying to load using those stripper-clip like things at first (keeps putting it on the loading apparatus), but then they decide to hand load everything?
Are they not designed to load with, merely to store the ammo? If so, why was he placing them on the loading apparatus at all? If they are designed to load with, did they not work for some reason? |
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So why does it look like they are trying to load using those stripper-clip like things at first (keeps putting it on the loading apparatus), but then they decide to hand load everything? Are they not designed to load with, merely to store the ammo? If so, why was he placing them on the loading apparatus at all? If they are designed to load with, did they not work for some reason? I thought it was pretty obvious that the loading system malfunctioned, hence the need to hand load. |
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Too bad they didn't develop a quicker & easier way to load this thing.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI4Qiccct40 |
| I have heard those guns' magazine/feed systems are jammomatics. I got the sense they were clearing a malfunction first and perhaps topping off/testing the feed system rather than simply attempting to reload the gun. I also recall hearing the system works better when downloaded to something like 1/2 - 2/3 of its intended max capacity (which is 1200 rds IIRC?) |
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Yeah, is that all it holds? Quoted:
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Seems a bit of time for just, what, 44 rounds? Yeah, is that all it holds? No, the theoretical max capacity is 1,200 rounds, though I suspect that that many are never loaded normally---excess weight, function problems with a full load* as described above, etc. *Case in point, the capacity of late war 20mm Type 99-2s used in the Mitsubishi A6M was 100 rounds per gun----which would never feed properly, so the drums were routinely loaded to a max of 90 rounds. |
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I thought it was pretty obvious that the loading system malfunctioned, hence the need to hand load. Quoted:
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So why does it look like they are trying to load using those stripper-clip like things at first (keeps putting it on the loading apparatus), but then they decide to hand load everything? Are they not designed to load with, merely to store the ammo? If so, why was he placing them on the loading apparatus at all? If they are designed to load with, did they not work for some reason? I thought it was pretty obvious that the loading system malfunctioned, hence the need to hand load. It could only be obvious from circumstance, as no physical failure is obvious to those unfamiliar with the system. Not knowing how this is supposed to work, I thought it better to ask than to assume why they are doing that. Stripper clips were getting stuck? |
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They need something like what the Air Force uses to reload the A-10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnSpkL1InuA And no, I'm not talking about the female... |
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So lucky, I think its the first Apache video I have seen where the targets were not exterminated with extreme prejudiced. |