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Message no. 1
From: P Ward <P.Ward@**.CF.AC.UK>
Subject: technical stuff
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 10:12:45 GMT
Various people wrote :-

> <lots of technical stuff> ;-)

OK, while I'm here, can someone explain a few of these mil-spec
abbreviations;

i) FIBUA
ii) SAWES (is the yellow-plastic-thing on the end of the L-85 during
training part of this, or dfoes it just ensure safe
firing of blanks?)

While we're on it, in your generic minigun, at any given time during firing,
what are barrels 1 through 6 actually doing?

Phil (Runs-With-The-Pack)

with help from Wanders-Where-Mates-Are
Message no. 2
From: P Ward <P.Ward@**.CF.AC.UK>
Subject: TEchnical Stuff
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 10:14:45 GMT
Rats, I knew there was one more question; What's a Loffelspitzers? Some
sort of Hollow-point or what?

Phil (Runs-With-The-Pack)

with help from Lies-Down-Bleeding
Message no. 3
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: technical stuff
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 11:41:53 +0100
> i) FIBUA

Don't know at the moment.

> ii) SAWES (is the yellow-plastic-thing on the end of the L-85 during
> training part of this, or dfoes it just ensure safe
> firing of blanks?)

The yellow thing on the L85 is to make sure the weapon works when firing
blanks. You see, if you fire a blank from a normal weapon you don't build up
enough pressure to operate the bolt. With the yellow thing (or red, for most
other weapons), you do. SAWES (similar systems with other names also exist
-- the Dutch Army uses MILES I believe) is, if I'm right, a laser system for
use during exercises. The soldiers wear a harness with laser receptors, and
their weapons are equipped with laser pointers which only emit a laser beam
when the weapon fires (it uses a microphone to detect the noise of the round
going off). If your harness (worn over the webbing and on the helmet) takes
a direct hit from a laser, you hear a beeping noise and your weapon won't
fire anymore -- i.e., you're dead. A near miss is also made audible by the
system.
It appears that soldiers have gotten better at using cover since these
systems became available. I do believe many say after an exercise "I thought
I was in cover!"

>While we're on it, in your generic minigun, at any given time during firing,
>what are barrels 1 through 6 actually doing?

See my other post.


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Message no. 4
From: Keith Johnson <jrsnyder@********.WISC.EDU>
Subject: Re: technical stuff
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 07:33:13 -0600
>Phil (Runs-With-The-Pack) wrote:
>
>While we're on it, in your generic minigun, at any given time during firing,
>what are barrels 1 through 6 actually doing?
>
Keith here again,

they are spinning very fast!

Ok let' do a generic 6 barrel gun

barrel 1: loading a round

barrel 2: seating the round in the chamger

barrel 3: firing BANG!

barrel 4: unseating the round from the chamber

barrel 5: extracting the round from the weapon

barrel 6: moving around to receive the next round

my source is Jane's Defense weekly. It truly is the
ultimate catalogue for weapons.

all the while the gun is being cooled by some kind of
liquid coolant that Jane's doesn't identify.

I am worried that this may not be germaine to
Shadowrun. I'm new to this list, so someone
help me out here.

Cheers,
Keith

-Well, he does have some redeeming qualities...-
-Yes, but I don't have any problems with those!-

Jessica Snyder and Andrea Keller
Discussing Keith Johnson
Message no. 5
From: Inquisitor <ESPD92MS@****.ANGLIA-POLYTECHNIC.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: technical stuff
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 14:02:00 GMT
FIBUA stands for Fighting In Built Up Areas, and is the most stressful and
exciting thing, I've ever done with the OTC (apart from training in Fort Bragg
with the ROTC.) I've used SAWES (I was one of twenty who had to lug it around
on an SLR because we didn't have the right gear for the SA-80) bur I don't
know what it means :-).

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