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Mini Gun on Huey (must see video on youtube)
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Posted on 01/24/2007 9:18:31 AM PST by Dark Skies
I thought this video was worth sharing. Unbelievable firepower!
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aerospace; banglist; banglistaerospace; guns
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To: Dark Skies
TOO COOL. What size gun is that? 50mm?
To: Dark Skies
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posted on
01/24/2007 9:23:32 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: Dark Skies
Dealing 7.62mm death at 4000 rpm. The 30mm GAU-8 on the A-10 is an even bigger sight to behold.
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posted on
01/24/2007 9:24:58 AM PST
by
stm
(Believe 1% of what you hear in the drive-by media and take half of that with a grain of salt)
To: Dark Skies
The only thing I can say about that video is:
ROCK AND ROLL!!!!
The only question I have is: "Why hasn't this Hell been unleashed on the ragheads?"
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posted on
01/24/2007 9:25:07 AM PST
by
dirtbiker
(I've tried to see the liberal point of view, but I couldn't get my head up my a$$....)
To: Long Island Pete
I don't know what the caliber is. Some miniguns are 7.62 but this one seems to inflict much more damage than that.
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posted on
01/24/2007 9:25:11 AM PST
by
Dark Skies
("He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that" ... John Stuart Mill)
To: Long Island Pete
NATO 7.62 x 51mm, or .308
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posted on
01/24/2007 9:25:45 AM PST
by
stm
(Believe 1% of what you hear in the drive-by media and take half of that with a grain of salt)
To: stm
I figured it was a 50 cal.
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posted on
01/24/2007 9:26:46 AM PST
by
dirtbiker
(I've tried to see the liberal point of view, but I couldn't get my head up my a$$....)
To: Long Island Pete
No, it's not a 50mm (I think you meant .50 cal). It's a 7.62 NATO. But it spits fire, huh?
To: Long Island Pete
That would be almost a 2" dia. projectile, that chopper would be going Mach if that fired out the back like that...
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posted on
01/24/2007 9:27:40 AM PST
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: Yo-Yo
Why is that man smiling?
Heh heh...
To: Long Island Pete
To: Dark Skies
Being the door gunner on a Huey must be the only job cooler than Astronaut.
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posted on
01/24/2007 9:29:05 AM PST
by
Zeroisanumber
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: dirtbiker
The 7.62mm or 20mm (AC-130) six barrel minigun is used repeatedly on AC-130, UH-60 and CH-47 aircraft. F-15, F-16, F-18 and A-10 all have 20mm or 30mm (A-10)gatling guns.
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posted on
01/24/2007 9:29:16 AM PST
by
stm
(Believe 1% of what you hear in the drive-by media and take half of that with a grain of salt)
To: Dark Skies
I think the tracers are every 5th round as well. Wow...
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posted on
01/24/2007 9:29:25 AM PST
by
eureka!
(May the voters see the light next time.....)
To: Yo-Yo
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posted on
01/24/2007 9:32:22 AM PST
by
Dark Skies
("He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that" ... John Stuart Mill)
To: Dark Skies
I used to be a door gunner in VN, wish I had one of those instead of the M-60 machine guns with butterfly grips we used in 67. I saw the minniguns on the C-130s being used many times as a grunt and the rounds flowed down to the target like liquid fire, the same as in this video.
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posted on
01/24/2007 9:33:00 AM PST
by
Americanexpat
(A strong democracy through citizen oversight.)
To: Zeroisanumber
Being the door gunner on a Huey must be the only job cooler than Astronaut. In VietNam I never met a sane door gunner.
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posted on
01/24/2007 9:33:38 AM PST
by
chesty_puller
(USMC 70-73 3MAF VN 70-71 US Army 75-79 3d Inf Old Guard)
To: dirtbiker
Please change your tagline. We have enough trouble here with the use of profanity, and do not wish to encourage the substitution of symbols for letters therein. Thanks.
To: Americanexpat; All
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posted on
01/24/2007 9:37:11 AM PST
by
Dark Skies
("He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that" ... John Stuart Mill)
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