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2005-05-05 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Steve 2005-05-05 11:17:51 AM|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Still, nothing beats a Vulcan for anti-infantry work.
100 rounds per second of 20mm goodness.
Please, please send a human wave attack.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-05-05 11:43|| 2005-05-05 11:43|| Front Page Top

#2 I used to have one of those weird stereo-nut sound effect LP, the Vulcan was featured on one tracks - sounded like God's own chainsaw.

Posted by Shipman 2005-05-05 12:29|| 2005-05-05 12:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Short-range AAA is designed to put lots of flying (and explosive, if >20mm) pieces of metal out in a hurry. Of course it works well against ground troops.

Posted by Mike">Mike 2005-05-05 12:30|| 2005-05-05 12:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Using a Vulcan or a Dillon mini-gun on ground targets sends a whole lot of lead down range, but is not that effective (except for supression) unless the weapon is remotely operated. While it sounds good and there is a lot of flame and smoke, you can drop more enemy using a 7.62mm on burst.

Posted by remoteman 2005-05-05 13:29|| 2005-05-05 13:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Now remove the Left missile pod and replace it with either a 25mm chain gun (if the vehicle can handle it), the 40MM automatic gernade launcher or a GE 7.62MM mini-gun so they can reach ot and touch some one

Posted by Cheaderhead 2005-05-05 13:35|| 2005-05-05 13:35|| Front Page Top

#6 All good suggestions, but I wouldn't want to be out front of that fifty when it starts unloading 600 rounds. Hope someone is wise enough not to dismantle all the air defense capablity just in case the Mad Mullahs do something crazier.

Posted by GK 2005-05-05 15:07|| 2005-05-05 15:07|| Front Page Top

#7 Just give me a quad 50 mounted on a M113 and a whole bunch of rounds.

Posted by Inferno 2005-05-05 15:35|| 2005-05-05 15:35|| Front Page Top

#8 Vulcan on an armored deuce and a 1/2.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2005-05-05 15:38|| 2005-05-05 15:38|| Front Page Top

#9 Do not displease the mighty Vulcan. I saw a demo at Ft Lewis of one of those sumbitches. Sitting on bleachers 30 ft behind the thing, those bleachers were rattling. Hard. Allegedly they used them in an anti-pers role once or twice in Vietnam against human wave attacks, but discontinued it as not being ''polite''. I can dig it. Some weapons just ain't nice.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-05-05 18:20|| 2005-05-05 18:20|| Front Page Top

#10 Moose, for some reason people think its not polite to turn your enemy into something that looks like sloppy joes.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2005-05-05 21:48|| http://blog.simmins.org]">[http://blog.simmins.org] 2005-05-05 21:48|| Front Page Top

#11 I have to agree, Chuck. My personal philosophy involves a few ashes floating in the wind. Under certain circumstances politeness is counterproductive. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately, given what my eyesight can be corrected to... and my tendency toward nightmares when I hurt someone accidentally), nobody will let me play with such toys... or anything else that causes mayhem.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-05 23:17|| 2005-05-05 23:17|| Front Page Top

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