Oh gawd...Look what my friend got...

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2004-04-14 09:03am

Mmmmm..... Minigun......

Oni Koneko Damien · Post by **Oni Koneko Damien** » 2004-04-14 04:23pm

SpacedTeddyBear wrote:Paintball guns don't jam, they break balls......*that didn't sound right*

Actually, being on the recieving end on more than one occasion, that sounds perfectly right.

As for the gun itself...*drool*, me wanties. Mount it on the front step with a sign that says "Salesmen will have all their shots brought up to date."

-Damien

Robert Walper · Post by **Robert Walper** » 2004-04-14 04:59pm

Your paintpall mini gun is probably more firepower than Canada's combined real military. Don't get any ideas about ruling our country though, we in all likelyhood have more hockey stick weilding soldiers than you do paintballs...

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » 2004-04-14 06:45pm

I could imagine walking on the paintball field with that big bitch. Not necessarily my style (I'm more of a sniper), but you know it would be cool as hell.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2004-04-14 07:20pm

That's so badass, have you all posed with it and made the barrels spin yet?

thecreech wrote:I love that gun... i would rub my dick on it if i could

That sounded exactly like something Ivan would say.

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2004-04-14 08:58pm

Metrion Cascade wrote:And how do you use it?

1. Load
2. Turn Off Safety
3. Hold down Rotation button
4. Aim
5. Pull Trigger

Is it light enough to carry around like the lawnmower gun from T2? Or do you mount it on the back of an ATV and strafe people?

Lawnmower gun? Oh, you mean the General Electric M-134:

You can't carry most miniguns. The very small ones (relatively speaking) like the XM-214, M-134 and GShG are fairly light, 15, 18.8 and 19 kg respectively. Virtually every other RBC (Rotary Barrel Cannon) is far too heavy for a human to lift and move any real distance, such as the 45 kg YakB and 281 kg GAU-8A. Anyway, in Real Life (TM), the only way you would use a minigun would be on a plain or vehicle. The really small ones can also be put on tripods.

Many movies such as Predator feature scenes of people carrying and firing miniguns (almost invariably the M-134). This is of course impossible, for the following reasons.

Problem 1: Weight. While the actual gun is fairly light, even 20 seconds worth of ammo is extremely heavy. For the M-134 (7.62x51 NATO), it would weigh ~ 70 kg in total (gun and ammo). That's as much as I weigh.

Problem 2: Recoil. The three "small" miniguns I listed above each have 120 kg of recoil, which would knock you flat on your ass after a fraction of a second of firing.

Problem 3: Casings. The M-134 fires 6000 rounds per minute. That's 100 every second. Each one of those casings shoots up, out of the gun, in your general direction. If one hits you (and at least 10 will, every second), it will slice right through your skin and muscle tissue, possible even breaking bones, if it hits them. They have that much force.

But keep in mind, that the scenes in T2 and T3 involve a Terminator which is much, MUCH stronger than a human, so it's not that unrealistic.

Deathstalker · Post by **Deathstalker** » 2004-04-15 06:20pm

Unless you have seen it load and shoot paintballs, it is just a picture and looks exactly like a GAU 17/A.
Link to GAU 17/A in action

AdmiralTDM · Post by **AdmiralTDM** » 2004-04-15 06:41pm

shit and I play paintball with a CCI Phantom Pump gun... and I thought those basterds with the impluses shot to fast!

I want one!

BUt I would rather have one that shot 7.62/39 NATO!

The lost Prophet · Post by **The lost Prophet** » 2004-04-19 08:38pm

after i shit myself, orgasimed, then stood back up, i came up with a few questions.
A. how heavy is is
B. how much ammo can it hold/how heavy is that
C. fire rate
D. where do i find one, or can i have yours

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-04-19 08:42pm

orgasimed

I have to ask... why would you orgasm over a gun?

I myself much prefer live ammunition... Hollowpoint DPU rounds filled with a powerful neuroxin.. just in case(now, I dont know if DPU and hollowpoint rounds work, but that is beside the point)

Vohu Manah · Post by **Vohu Manah** » 2004-04-19 08:42pm

Sorry, that just looks too cool. Lucky bastard, I want one of those now.

Supreme Monkey Lord · Post by **Supreme Monkey Lord** » 2004-04-19 08:47pm

You sure that's for real?

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2004-04-19 09:14pm

The lost Prophet wrote:after i shit myself, orgasimed, then stood back up, i came up with a few questions.
A. how heavy is is
B. how much ammo can it hold/how heavy is that
C. fire rate
D. where do i find one, or can i have yours

A. ~ 18 kg
B. It's belt-fed, so you'll need to move the ammo seperately, gun+ 20 seconds of ammo= well over 70 kg
C. 6000 rpm
D. The GAU-17 is used on the UH-1N, H-3 and H-60 helicopters. You need to find one to jack it.

Deathstalker · Post by **Deathstalker** » 2004-04-19 09:15pm

It's not real

Deathstalker · Post by **Deathstalker** » 2004-04-19 09:17pm

Got to watch screen while I type. Meant to say it is not a real paintmarker, but is a real gun.

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2004-04-20 03:33pm

A paintball Gatling fun. Whoever brings one of those must want to win really bad...

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-04-20 03:39pm

Paintball sniper rifle > paintball Gatling gun.

As cool as spraying all your ammo like one big macho ejaculate is in all of 5 seconds, a guy with a rifle style paintball gun would plink the guy off with ease.

The lost Prophet · Post by **The lost Prophet** » 2004-04-20 11:12pm

on a paintball battlefield, the man with the gattling gun is much scarier then a guy with a sniper rifle.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-04-20 11:30pm

But scary isnt what counts. COmbat effectiveness is what counts... A sniper rifle is more economical, and more accurate. More bang for your buck.

GoldenFalcon · Post by **GoldenFalcon** » 2004-04-20 11:36pm

You'd need Rambo-sized muscles to actually make that thing effective.

I have to agree, snipers are infinitely better than combat troopers, especially heavy combat troopers like him. =P

Lt. Dan · Post by **Lt. Dan** » 2004-04-21 12:00am

That is sweet. But what kink of hopper does it have? I'd want to bolt that to the back of my dad's truck and have a friend drive while I light up the town.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2004-04-21 07:07am

Lt. Dan wrote:That is sweet. But what kink of hopper does it have? I'd want to bolt that to the back of my dad's truck and have a friend drive while I light up the town.

have you not read the thread or looked closely at the picture? That is a GAU-17 in a storage room aboard the USS Iwo Jima. It is not a paintball gun. Just some schmuck trying to bullshit the forum. He most likely downloaded off of the Navy website.

Amphibious · Post by **Amphibious** » 2004-04-22 09:32pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:
Lt. Dan wrote:That is sweet. But what kink of hopper does it have? I'd want to bolt that to the back of my dad's truck and have a friend drive while I light up the town.
have you not read the thread or looked closely at the picture? That is a GAU-17 in a storage room aboard the USS Iwo Jima. It is not a paintball gun. Just some schmuck trying to bullshit the forum. He most likely downloaded off of the Navy website.

This isn't HIS actual gun, but it is the same model I believe. I've asked him to send me a picture with him holding the one he owns, and he is willing to provide me with one if he can get his hands on a digital camera. I will post the pic once I get it.