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Old 01-26-2009, 12:04 PM   #15
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50 rounds a second - Wow! That is really impressive engineering.
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Old 01-26-2009, 12:12 PM   #16
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http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=B3TWIeGtA0A
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Old 01-26-2009, 01:49 PM   #17
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If anyone wants to see this vehicle explained, watch National Geographic channel tonight. It features and explains this Yukon.

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Old 01-27-2009, 02:04 AM   #18
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50 rounds a second - Wow! That is really impressive engineering.
If you think thats impressive, that the first electric gatling guns could do thet in the late 1800's.
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Old 01-27-2009, 02:30 AM   #19
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i believe the fastest one out there is the GSh-6-23 used on the MiG-31 jets. 10,000 rounds per minute

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Old 01-27-2009, 10:37 AM   #20
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Hell, if it's pointed at me- 1 round/min is impressive .
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Old 01-27-2009, 01:43 PM   #21
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i believe the fastest one out there is the GSh-6-23 used on the MiG-31 jets. 10,000 rounds per minute



I keep one of those in my pocket.
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Old 01-27-2009, 03:13 PM   #22
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I call BS. That vid is pretty old and a couple years ago I watched GWB's motorcade drive by from a second story window about 15 feet from the road shortly after seeing the video. There were several black Suburbans/Yukons, but none of them had doors on the roof.
Looking down from a window, eh? Next I suppose you're going to say it was the Texas Schoolbook Depository. :-P
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Old 01-28-2009, 11:57 AM   #23
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+1

not to mention the civilian casualty rate with that gun would be way beyond acceptable risk!
IDK.... there are a lot of civilians we could do without....


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Hell, if it's pointed at me- 1 round/min is impressive .
hell, 1 round/min... if he misses with the first one, that gives me a pretty good head start.


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Looking down from a window, eh? Next I suppose you're going to say it was the Texas Schoolbook Depository. :-P
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hell, 1 round/min... if he misses with the first one, that gives me a pretty good head start.




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