Military porn? Yep, I think I came.

I guess you aim by watching the line of fire? How do you aim without tracers, which I doubt they use often...?

^Actually tracer rounds are used quite often. They have been used for a long time too. In fact if you look at WWII battle footage you'll even find tracer fire, especially from aircraft and ships.

When they use tracer rounds they generally do it at a ratio to normal rounds. Like five to one which is what it looks like they're using in the video. Five normal rounds and one tracer round, which gives you a good impression of how fast that thing is actually firing.

Although this thing is considerably accurate for what it is, you have to remember that, attached to the side of a helicopter, it basically aims like a shotgun. (It's not going to be used a hostage situation or anything.)You just look down the barrel to aim. And if you want to know where your hitting, just look for whatever is exploding in a fiery ball of death and correct your aim from there.

Just an FYI... its a 10 to 1 ratio for tracer rounds.

Here the MythBusters are using one of them for cutting down trees:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Tree-Cutting-MythBusters-Style-Gatling-Gun

I love shows like this showing the newest stuff that we have available, but I can't stand the host. It's the tone he uses when narrating; sounds like he wants to fuck the thing and that you should want to too. Rubs me the wrong way for some reason...

I agree the host sounds like a dick. Mind you, I assume he's laughing at how stupid he sounds when he says "Extreme Prejudice", so maybe it's just the role/attitude/tone the show directors want, and he's not really a gun-fucking wacko. Or maybe I'm just hopeful? =p

How long does it take until it overheats?
30 secs?

Sorry, I'm not allowed to vote for this - it's against my religion to vote for videos with that host.

coolhund, the gatling isnt supposed to overheat because it's changing barrels as it shoots.

Much needed on the border.

Upvote, but yeah, the host gets on my nerves. Weapons interest me (all the more as I'm in the military) but not in an "OH FUCK YEAH" kind of way.

"It fires four times faster thus should be four times more accurate."

Huh?

Call me ignorant, but I can't imagine anything we need to fire 3000 RPM at instead of 2000 RPM. At what point is it just ridiculous?

>> ^Aemaeth:
Call me ignorant, but I can't imagine anything we need to fire 3000 RPM at instead of 2000 RPM. At what point is it just ridiculous?


Because its 1000 more dead terrorists per minute...

>> ^Farhad2000:
>> ^Aemaeth:
Call me ignorant, but I can't imagine anything we need to fire 3000 RPM at instead of 2000 RPM. At what point is it just ridiculous?

Because its 1000 more dead terrorists per minute...


i don't think this gun will see many terrorists..

>> ^Aemaeth:
Call me ignorant, but I can't imagine anything we need to fire 3000 RPM at instead of 2000 RPM. At what point is it just ridiculous?


Suppressing fire. You hear that gun, you run. There's no two ways about it. Not to mention that what it really has a stunning effect on is light armored vehicles. You don't even have two shoot at anything for a full second. Just a nice quick squeeze and a thousand rounds say, "No one is getting out of that car."

Weak.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Metal-Storm-1000000-Rounds-per-Minute-Behind-the-Gun

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