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To: Seruzawa

Yep. The thing can practically cause a nosebleed from the pressure wave. No way it’ll ever be anything more portable than a crew-served bipod/tripod weapon.

And titanium might be harder than steel, but it’s far more brittle too. Not sure they can make it GI-proof. An accidental drop here and there and you might end up with an expensive paperweight just when you need its firepower.


39 posted on 01/03/2017 12:31:36 PM PST by afsnco
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To: afsnco

Our gunboats in Nam had .50 heavy barrels and were twin mounted. They were a pretty good handful to control. If they were 26 pounds lighter each I shudder to think what firing them would be like.


46 posted on 01/03/2017 12:52:49 PM PST by Seruzawa (All those memories will, be lost, like tears in rain.)
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