Originally posted by: jteef
Originally posted by: Mookow
Originally posted by: jteef
Even though it wasn't real, I would really like the minigun that Jesse Ventura carried in the hit movie The Predator.
Actually, it is a real gun, just not practical for usage by a man
change practical to possible
from:
here
"The XM214 Automatic Gun (aka the Minigun) was developed for use mounted in and on helicopters and light aircraft. "
"The first was that the Minigun weighed in at thirty pounds, which was heavy, but carryable. A backpack with a thousand rounds of ammunition and a linkless belt to the Minigun weighed in at another thirtyfive pounds. "
"The second was that in the movie, the power for the Minigun had been supplied by a pair of truck batteries through a cable that simply ran over the ground, and up into the Minigun. Since those batteries weighed some 30 pounds each, it was obvious that only one could be carried by one person (in addition to all the other equipment the soldier was to carry). Thus, the weapon could never be fired at its full rate of fire. "
"The third problem was that even at "only" a 1000 rpm rate of fire the gun produces about 11 kg of recoil *continuesly*! And this amount of force increases geometrically in proportion to the rate of fire. Firing a large burst would result in the gunner being spun around by his own weapon, and spraying everything around him indiscriminately with bullets. Including his own comrades..... "
and finally,
"After some experimenting it was thus realized that the gun would simply be too heavy and cumbersome to be ever used in real life combat, and the concept was abandoned. No army in the world has a hand-held Minigun in its arsenal. "
I dont think even Jesse Ventura or Arnold could wield such a weapon...
also they list the max fire rate at 166 rounds / second. but wouldn't it be 1000 rounds / second? 10krpm / 60 seconds * 6 barrels. Maybe their idea of an RPM is different than mine though. I can't picture that thing actually spinning at 10krpms without some seriously tight tolerances, balancing, and aerodynamics.