Personally I thought it sounded like an M249.
And using Google Maps you can find the distance from the Mandalay to the concert venue was about 500 meters. He was on the 32nd floor - which is about 115 meters meaning he was around 525 meters from his target area (unless my math is off as I’m doing it in my head).
The max point effective range for an AK or M4 is around 500 meters - with an area range a little bit further. The max effective point range for a 249 is around 600 meters with an area range of around 800.
All of that is in the hands of a trained operator though - in the hands of a “normal guy who just went haywire” I’d bet he’d have a hard time keeping 5% of his rounds in the target area - if that - no matter the weapon.
Yeh I thought it was an AK because of the clacking sound but maybe it was just the echo’s around the buildings. He had to be using at least 2 weapons. Mr. GG2 says it sounds on the video like he’s maybe shooting 2 weapons at the same time. Fox is reporting that the authorities found several full auto AR’s in the room. It will be interesting to see what those weapons look like.
The more this unfolds the crazier it sounds. Now the guy’s father was on the FBI most wanted list for bank robbery. I wonder if we will ever know the time of death of this guy?
The sound and cycle rate that I heard from recording played in the news did not sound like AR.
Sounded like 30 or 50 cal full auto like you mentioned.
Not sure that there was just one weapon used, so there might have been some that did not sound like that.