Lawrence Livermore Labs getting Gatling Guns
 

[url]http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/03/GATLING.TMP[/url]

[color=darkblue]Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory plans to install high-powered machine guns over the next few months capable of hitting land vehicles or aircraft almost a mile away in the event of a terrorist attack.

Known as Gatling guns because they are multi-barreled, like their 19th-century ancestors, they simultaneously fire 7.6-millimeter bullets from six barrels at up to 4,000 rounds per minute, powerful enough to take down an enemy aircraft or helicopter, officials said.[/color]
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[img]http://dillonaero.com/images/M134D-C.jpg[/img]

Manufacturer of the above pictured M134D Gatling Gun Basic, Dillon Aero [url=http://dillonaero.com/][color=deeppink][b]home page[/b][/color][/url].

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Saw a segment on the news about it... Lots of gatling gun action! Woot!

sweeet.. What's next tanks on the 84? :p

Nice! A Minigun. Might as well get a few of these too... [img]http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/systems/dvic559.jpg[/img] 40mm automatic grenade launcher. :D

<sarcastic comment> wow, so whats next, are we gonna start seeing tanks parked on the side of the roads, and trucks full of machine-gun-armed "Police" driving around town? WTF is our world coming to.....</sarcastic comment>

-Ted

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[QUOTE=GotBoost?]wow, so whats next, are we gonna start seeing tanks parked on the side of the roads, and trucks full of machine-gun-armed "Police" driving around town? WTF is our world coming to.....

-Ted[/QUOTE]
LOL! You know Lawrence livermore labs is a secured facility anyway right?

Damn, I wanna work there now...

LOL, I know, I suppose I should have added a <sarcastic comment> tag in there to verify the tone of my voice.... :o LOL, I'll go fix it now.

-Ted

HAHHAH! That's awesome! Thanks for posting it Alan.

[quote][size=1][color=gray][i]Origami posted by [b]brucelee[/b][/i][/color]
[font=Arial][color=royalblue]HAHHAH! That's awesome! Thanks for posting it Alan.
[/color][/font][/size][/quote]I saw Mr. [color=gray][i][b]Kostamojen[/b][/i][/color]'s reference to the Gatling Gun in his earlier post and got curious. ;)

[i][size=2] Lawrence Livermore officer Andrew Graycar demonstrates the Gatling gun while officer Chris McKaskey (right) stands guard. Chronicle photo by Paul Chinn[/size][/i]
[img]https://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/02/03/ba_gatling_067_pc.jpg[/img]

[url]http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/02/03/MNGR9H2AM71.DTL[/url]

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Last year we had a bike race right arounf the corner from the labs. A bunch of hippies were gathering in the park and then marched over there. The best part was the huge inflatable penis they carried over there. But it was painted like a missle, but we're all pretty sure it was a penis.

Wouldn't take long for that gun to make the 'missle' go limp for the hippies huh?

To correct the snip, they do not fire "simultaneously" out of six barrels. They high rate of fire is acheived by rotaing the barrels to keep it from over heating. Why did the use these? They should have use the NAVY's version. Phalynx CIWS. Much better.

i just got one of those on my subaru, for birds trying to fly into my hoodscoop.

[QUOTE=ipozestu]To correct the snip, they do not fire "simultaneously" out of six barrels. They high rate of fire is acheived by rotaing the barrels to keep it from over heating. Why did the use these? They should have use the NAVY's version. Phalynx CIWS. Much better.[/QUOTE]

the Phalynx is ginormous. but the laser it uses to track is awsome.

Actually it doesn't use any form of laser targeting. The R2-D2 looking bit on top is it's own completely independent radar tracking instrument which interfaces with AEGIS platform. Once the CIWS is armed and activated, it can be forgotten about. It takes care of it's self and the vessel it is attached to. A pretty sweet sentry actually. The only problem is if the CIWS is called upon to engage a target, brace for impact. CIWS (close in weapons system) is a last resort. We can shoot most threats out of the sky with SAM's or shipboard mounted 5" artillery. These pigs are so acurate they can be placed on a Marine supported laser identified target within the width of a dime from 16 miles away.