From: | Guardian <s777317@*******.GU.EDU.AU> |
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Subject: | Million bullets a minute! |
Date: | Wed, 19 Feb 1997 10:06:10 +1000 |
> > >something like that) a newly developed weapon was put on display. It
> > >fired around 1,000,000 bullets per minute (No, I don't know how, and no,
> > >it's not the one-shot wonder of multiple bullets in multiple barrels.)
> >
> > You sure? Sounds like the Metalstorm prototype, currently being
> > evaluated as a countermeasure for - among other things - tanks against
> > guided missiles.
>
> Sounds like it to me, to..... A bit like a phalanx gun with attitude.
Ok, to clarify and reiterate - No it's NOT the metalstorm thingy.
> > >Anyway, apparently it was on display for less than 15 minutes before the
> > >US (I think) Army came in, bought up all the rights, and shut down the
> > >display.
> >
> > Not sure if it was that dramatic, it's since made it to reports in
> > Armada and IDR.
>
> Hell, it made it to our local news, with visual footage of a 3x3 barrel
> demo model.... The weapon in its prototype stage is sure as hell not
> portable. Definitely needs to be mounted on some kind of installation or
> vehicle, and then there's the problem of reloading.
Didn't see a picture, but that might be it. It was supposed to be a new
CIWS for naval and army (apparantly anti-air. Don't wanna be the
pilot... *shudder*) use. And while my friend might have exaggerated a
little, it was definitely hushed up and packed away within a few hours.
OK, some of the stats I know are:
1,000,000 rpm
range approx. 5 km
Weight: Lots! Like, heavy truck portable only.
hmmm... memory blank on the rest...
> > Let's face it, the first bullet kills you, do you really care about the
> > rest? If you let them find you and shoot at you with their newest and
> > best weapons, you deserve whatever happened to you ;)
> It's not the bullet with my name on it that I'm worried about, it's the
> one addresses "To Whom It May Concern"
*grin*
> (BTW This thread needs a name change soon; We're going OT)
Happy?
Guardian