And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
A bunch of us jarheads were standing on the flight deck of an LSD during a CWIS live fire test against a target drone towed behind a plane. Crazy loud and vibrates the ship. A chunk of the target almost hit the ship. Jarheads weren't allowed on the flight deck during live fire after that
I did a compressor job at a company that was manufacturing parts for this gun. I would always formally introduce myself in the front office the first time I showed up for a new customer. This had to be 1980 or 1981. While waiting for the maintenance manager, I read a framed poster they had on the wall. It outlined the capabilities of this monster. My jaw dropped!
This is just the logical conclusion of the old Gattlin Gun. The idea of multiple rotating barrels was to allow a little cooling time for each barrel before it is fired next. I have no idea if the Seawhiz or phallanx systems has any active cooling but air cooling works just fine on the 30 caliber minigun. Each barrell has a cyclic rate no higher than a 30 caliber assault rifle.
I have to relate another story, this time it was a plant in the Chino Hills were they make the 30mm rounds this baby fires. In addition to 300,000 round of 30mm, they also had tons of plastic explosives on the site. Some dumb ass started fire down the hill and it was burning the only open road out. We had to break a lock on the back fence and do some off roading to escape. Every time the fire threatened a building, the wing changed direction. In a few days we went back to finish the job.
Hot, hot. Too bad all that heat's wasted. Can't even fry an egg on the rapidly rotating barrels
ReplyDeleteIf you're on the receiving end, the heat is the last thing you're concerned about. That gun is wicked.
ReplyDeleteA bunch of us jarheads were standing on the flight deck of an LSD during a CWIS live fire test against a target drone towed behind a plane. Crazy loud and vibrates the ship. A chunk of the target almost hit the ship. Jarheads weren't allowed on the flight deck during live fire after that
ReplyDeleteI did a compressor job at a company that was manufacturing parts for
ReplyDeletethis gun. I would always formally introduce myself in the front office
the first time I showed up for a new customer. This had to be 1980 or
1981. While waiting for the maintenance manager, I read a framed poster
they had on the wall. It outlined the capabilities of this monster. My
jaw dropped!
This is just the logical conclusion of the old Gattlin Gun. The idea
of multiple rotating barrels was to allow a little cooling time for
each barrel before it is fired next. I have no idea if the Seawhiz or
phallanx systems has any active cooling but air cooling works just
fine on the 30 caliber minigun. Each barrell has a cyclic rate no
higher than a 30 caliber assault rifle.
I have to relate another story, this time it was a plant in the Chino
Hills were they make the 30mm rounds this baby fires. In addition to
300,000 round of 30mm, they also had tons of plastic explosives on
the site. Some dumb ass started fire down the hill and it was burning
the only open road out. We had to break a lock on the back fence and
do some off roading to escape. Every time the fire threatened a building,
the wing changed direction. In a few days we went back to finish the job.