tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post1441585675198853102..comments2024-03-29T02:47:44.652-05:00Comments on Future War Stories: FWS Armory: Rotary Cannons and Mini-GunsWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17218428427067689631noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-45626001273356221092022-12-15T08:57:33.985-06:002022-12-15T08:57:33.985-06:00Great blog, absolutely love it. I think you forgot...Great blog, absolutely love it. I think you forgot to mention "Reason" a microgun firing 3mm depleted uranium bullets from the pages of "Snowcrash" by Neil Stephenson. The need for an external energy source (including cooling) is addressed. Also it is mentioned that it is cool but unwieldy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-2155118184009225502022-04-08T02:31:11.019-05:002022-04-08T02:31:11.019-05:00buy best guns is a reliable choice for both sport...buy best guns is a reliable choice for both sport shooting and hunting with bolt-action and semi-automatic rifles and carbines.<br /><br /><b><a href="https://buybestguns.com/product/7-62x39mm-tulammo-ammo-200-rounds/" rel="nofollow">buy 7.62x39mm Tulammo Ammo online</a></b><br /><br />Call Us:(435)227-5162<br />EMail Id:support@buybestguns.comScarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04166409976515362430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-48661018736083592722021-06-23T16:43:34.785-05:002021-06-23T16:43:34.785-05:00You forgot the chain-gun mini gun from Halo and th...You forgot the chain-gun mini gun from Halo and the one from Lost Planet?Someguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320868434966243515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-17037394023280816662021-05-27T22:09:19.704-05:002021-05-27T22:09:19.704-05:00Also, do a blog on chaingunsAlso, do a blog on chaingunsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-3124662520734233072021-05-27T22:01:01.449-05:002021-05-27T22:01:01.449-05:00What's your opinion on the xm556, a compact ha...What's your opinion on the xm556, a compact handheld minigun that was designed recently? Also your opinion on the schockhammer x and the venom gun fron the wolfenstein series?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-25352491180189497482017-04-29T21:00:45.674-05:002017-04-29T21:00:45.674-05:00My understanding is that the Gatling rifle in the ...My understanding is that the Gatling rifle in the movie Split Second was a shotgun, adding to the crazinessAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01694267656934005213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-60099307748853467252014-09-30T07:38:38.628-05:002014-09-30T07:38:38.628-05:00You forgot the powered exoskeleton (with miniguns)...You forgot the powered exoskeleton (with miniguns) in the third matrix movie...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-16289506376779259572014-06-25T07:32:03.685-05:002014-06-25T07:32:03.685-05:00Interesting post, liked the examples in msf of the...Interesting post, liked the examples in msf of these rifle like miniguns, though u did forget the gears of war mulcher, it's like a portable gatling gun Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555953556972572471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-18309746267148009372013-12-17T17:57:51.136-06:002013-12-17T17:57:51.136-06:00Not all gatling guns are electrically powered some...Not all gatling guns are electrically powered some russian ones are gas operated which means they don't need external power and thus making the gun a lot lighter. I believe that using a minigun for it's maximum fire capacity is completely dumb as it will chew all the ammo, however, thinking about how caseless ammo can be used and so this provides pretty much having more ammo than the typical cased ammo, and then making the weapon being self powered like the GshG 7.62 you can have a very interesting weapon, also if you consider putting a variable fire rate (between 1200 up to 2400 RPM), this will make the weapon fitting a wide variety of situations avoiding overheating problems in case of critical situation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-85009198714046547012013-07-07T14:37:36.860-05:002013-07-07T14:37:36.860-05:00You forgot that Gatling invented a electrically po...You forgot that Gatling invented a electrically powered gun that could fire 3,000 rounds a minute in 1891, why the U.S. didn't use it is a mistery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-7645374753441291782012-12-09T08:20:43.257-06:002012-12-09T08:20:43.257-06:00That Soviet TKB-059 is a interesting weapon! The R...That Soviet TKB-059 is a interesting weapon! The Russians tend to think outside of the box on weapons at times, and seeing this gun gives me an idea for a blogpost about strangle weapon systems. <br />Those duplex rounds were tested by the US Military, but there is little information on them. I would love to see ballistic jelly footage of a duplex round!<br />Thanks for the information!Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218428427067689631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-92022332040800353672012-12-08T14:31:19.374-06:002012-12-08T14:31:19.374-06:00No, I've heard about the Soviet space survival...No, I've heard about the Soviet space survival gun, but this was a three-barrel assault rifle. Survival guns often have multiple single-shot barrels, so you can fire both rifle ammunition and shotgun shells. That Future Force Warrior handgun sounds interesting. I will have to look that up.<br /><br />I did a quick google search and identified the weapon I saw- it is the Soviet TKB-O59 three-barrel assault rifle, capable of full-auto fire, chambered for 7.62x39mm, and manufactured by the Tula State Arsenal in 1966. The rifle was based on the earlier Pribor ZB assault rifle, both designed by small arm's designer G.A. Korobov. It used a tripled 7.62x39mm magazine with a capacity of 90 rounds, with each barrel independently fed from the magazine- in other words, it was three assault rifles combined into one!! The intent was to create a weapon with increased hit probability and stopping power to counter Project SALVO, but was discontinued and classified as an experimental weapon. The TKB-O59 provided high rates of fire without too much recoil by firing salvos of intermediate sized bullets, and it could be fired ambidextrously as the shells ejected downward. <br /><br />It wasn't the only multi-barrel rifle tested in Russia around the time- the AO-63 assault rifle was a two-barrel assault rifle chambered in the 5.45x39mm round. We were testing multi-barrel weapons, too, in Project SALVO. The Springfield Armory SALVO had three barrels fed by a rotor.<br /><br />Flechettes are pretty cool- although they had some problems with being deflected by adverse wind and rain- and they were quite capable of penetrating body armor and doing severe damage. I especially like that a flechette-firing full auto rifle would have hardly any recoil, even compared to a .22 inch caliber round. Some SF electromagnetic weapons chip slivers of metal off of a block of ammo and fire them electromagnetically, spraying the target with bursts of small flechettes- a bit of a coilgun version of the flechette rifles. I always liked the duplex rounds too- two bullets, in ONE package. That's crazy.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to the future bullet blogpost- you'll have to check out Project SALVO, flechette rifles, and the microcaliber craze. You should probably discuss explosive bullets too...<br /><br />Christopher PhoenixAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-7691581404596886032012-12-08T07:43:12.289-06:002012-12-08T07:43:12.289-06:00I completely forgot about project SALVO! Ugh! That...I completely forgot about project SALVO! Ugh! That three-barreled Soviet weapon could be the gun that they take into space or did...the TP-82. It fired three types of ammo, and was sort of a break-open shotgun. It was designed to be a survival rifle in case the Soyuz capsule came down in Serbia, and the Yeti were hungry. The US military during the Future Force Warrior project had three barrel handgun that fired lethal and less lethal rounds and I think some sort of micro grenade. Flechettes are very cool and deadly, and pop up in my sci-fi writings at times. I've got a the future of bullets blogpost coming up, and I will add some of this discuss. Thanks! Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218428427067689631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-7417383863177744032012-12-07T14:40:18.239-06:002012-12-07T14:40:18.239-06:00I understand the reason why a handheld minigun isn...I understand the reason why a handheld minigun isn't that practical- something like the XM-214 microgun will run through its entire supply of ammunition in a few seconds, and is very heavy and difficult to keep fed as it needs both a large supply of ammunition and batteries. <br /><br />That said, a "minigun rifle" may not actually be a minigun at all, strictly speaking. I looked up the Neal SMG, and wikipedia says that while it looks similar to a gatling gun, it isn't really related to gatling guns but rather more to a submachine gun that changes its barrels with each shot. So, rather than being a motorized miniature minigun, a rotating barrel assault rifle may simply be switching barrels with each shot to avoid excessive wear, overheating, and cook-off, like the Neal SMG. There were a few multi-barrel firearm concepts (all non-rotating) explored during Project SALVO and similar programs in the Soviet Union (I once saw a photo of a Russian rifle with THREE barrels). Very often these weapons are microcaliber, or even flechette, so that the recoil is not overpowering. if one small bullet won't take you down, twenty will. All of these weapons were developed in hopes of increasing a soldier's hit probability in a firefight by showering the target with a spread of projectiles with each squeeze of the trigger. <br /><br />For our purposes, these weapons often look strange and admirably futuristic. People have seen assault rifles so often in movies and games, modern concept artists have a hard time coming up with anything new- I would look into some of these older microcaliber, flechette, and multibarrel firearm concepts to see if I could come up with any interesting ideas if I were tasked with developing firearms for a project. It takes things in a different direction than a lot of SF firearms do. I could see weight being an issue with some of these weapons- maybe advanced lightweight metals and composites will help with that. :D Some firearms were dropped from Project SALVO because they were too heavy, even if their ammo wasn't...<br /><br />Christopher PhoenixAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-69685173659080071162012-12-07T08:40:41.317-06:002012-12-07T08:40:41.317-06:00I'm glad you enjoyed the blogpost, that histor...I'm glad you enjoyed the blogpost, that history portion was the last thing I wrote, and I've been working on this blogpost for nearly a month, I just wasn't that into it has much as I thought I would be...after all, I am a huge fan of PREDATOR. <br />Yes, I'll admit, I was hard on the handheld gatling gun concept. I think there is a place for miniguns, on the hands of Armored Power Suits, perimeter defense guns, and AAA defense, but the minigun rifle is an odd one. I think there could be a place for it, if we were clearing a planet that was populated with some alien thing like the Critters...were the extreme high RPM would work on a hungry gun, as you put it. But, the rounds would have to be small, like you said, about a .22 or even the FN 5.7mm PDW round would be a good choice. I couldn't find any information on if a caseless minigun would be better. Then there is the Metal-Storm cannon concept though...hmmmm....<br />Thanks reading and commenting! Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218428427067689631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-35849578461673636552012-12-07T01:02:41.597-06:002012-12-07T01:02:41.597-06:00Hi, William!! :) You put some interesting info in ...Hi, William!! :) You put some interesting info in this one- I didn't know much about the history of the minigun. The 1942 Neal submachine gun is pretty crazy- I didn't know that a man-portable rotating barrel weapon had been experimented with that early. I thought it had all started with the GE Six-Pack.<br /><br />Generally, it seems to be that a lot of movies, games, etc. tend to show rotating barrel weapons just for the "cool" factor, especially in the case of man-portable miniguns. I must admit that I missed the minigun rifles in David Lynch's Dune and Aeon Flux- though I remember the weird gatling weirding modules. I thought they were just energy blasters at the time. I heard that the M1L1 Triple Pulse Rifles from Deep Rising were meant to be spoofs on the "endless magazines" and "gun fu" from other films. They do look pretty cool, though- if I am ever stranded in a shitty B-movie, make sure to send me some M1L1s and a few endless magazines. ;) Even if I die, I can at least make a lot of noise before then...<br /><br />Aren't a little hard on the concept of a handheld rotating barrel firearm, though? The Neal SMG suggests that there is a place for a rapid-fire rotating barrel SMG or rifle, probably one that uses very small rounds fired very fast- much like the Advanced Combat Rifle program was aiming to create, showering the target with bursts of small bullets in order to ensure more hits in a firefight. If you take the ACR programs goal to the extreme, you will reach a point where there are just too many bullets going down the barrel at one time. Probably, such a weapon will fire small bullets- maybe a variation on the 22. caliber round, so you could carry lots of these rounds to feed your hungry gun. Good for hit-and-run, spray and prey tactics, perhaps. <br /><br />I kind of like multi-barrel firearms in general, because they look odd and different and instantly signify that this is a futuristic or even an alt-history setting, so I guess I'm a bit biased in favor of shamelessly ripping off the Neal SMG...<br /><br />Christopher PhoenixAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-1751457145653826752012-12-05T02:08:43.569-06:002012-12-05T02:08:43.569-06:00Very interesting information.Very interesting information.Pneumatic sealshttp://www.darcoid.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-56018052663816304812012-12-04T20:29:04.479-06:002012-12-04T20:29:04.479-06:00a few notes:
a Chaingun is an externally powered c...a few notes:<br />a Chaingun is an externally powered cannon with a single barrel: [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_gun ]<br />Rotary cannons/Gatlings are not chainguns. Doom and other games used chaingun because it sounded cooler than 'gatling' or 'rotary machinegun'. the fact those old games tended to use chainlink ammo feeds on the gun images might have contributed too.<br /><br />second, the VF-1's 55mm gatling fires APFSDS kinetic penetrator rounds, and from the art sheets the round itself is a stubby 'pistol' type round that uses a minimum of propellant to gets its projectiles up to speed.<br /><br />third, the VF/A-6 Alpha Fighter from Robotech doesn't use a 35mm gatling, it uses an 80mm tribarrel laser cannon with a magazine like battery pack. [ http://www.robotech.com/infopedia/mecha/viewmecha.php?id=21 ]<br />the projectile gunpod was an error made in the old RPG, since at the time there was no official stats material available to reference. the robotech.com, and the new RPG, use the correct Information.<br /><br />fourth, and more of an interesting note, Tau Pulse weapons are Plasma weapons. mithrilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03088999203605302318noreply@blogger.com