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2007-03-20 Iraq

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Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2007-03-20 07:29|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 they must be talkkingn about guns like the one vid posted on liveleak the other day being blown too shit and the guys shooting it wheree strafed in the treeline at night.

Posted by sinse 2007-03-20 10:30|| 2007-03-20 10:30|| Front Page Top

#2 14.5 mm= 50 cal.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-03-20 17:46|| 2007-03-20 17:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Sorry, RJ. 25.4 mm to the inch, so 14.5 mm is 57 caliber.

50 cal is 12.7 mm.

Posted by Bobby 2007-03-20 18:03|| 2007-03-20 18:03|| Front Page Top

#4 I though caliber had to do with the length of the barrel of the gun as a ratio of the bore. Thisn confuser. Ah well.

/War is hard.

Posted by Shipman">Shipman 2007-03-20 18:34|| 2007-03-20 18:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Ship, caliber refers to the diameter of the bullet, therefore the bore of the gun. Nothing to do with length. A .22 short means it's a shorter cartridge than a .22 long but the diameter of the bullet stays the same.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2007-03-20 18:45|| 2007-03-20 18:45|| Front Page Top

#6 I've always argued diameter is more important than barrel length..for personal reasons I don't want to go into...er, wanna see my kingcab 4X?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-03-20 19:32|| 2007-03-20 19:32|| Front Page Top

#7 You're both right. "Caliber" itself means inner diameter of barrel (sometimes outer diameter of projectile; they are not always equal).

But the length of an artillery tube is often measured in "calibers," like the 5"/38 of WWII fame, or the 88/70. This is to regularize the length measurement, as weapons with similar length in calibers (and all else being equal, which it never is) will have similar performance even though of different, um, caliber.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2007-03-20 20:40|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-03-20 20:40|| Front Page Top

#8 Jackal, is that why those beautiful, sensuous, alluring barrels on the Iowa-class are called "16 inch, 50 caliber, naval rifles". Or perhaps I am mis-remembering that. Or the Australian wine is talking.

Posted by Verlaine 2007-03-20 23:15|| 2007-03-20 23:15|| Front Page Top

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