Re: Rail guns (was: US SOCOM desires...)

[Leon Harrison <juni0r@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:49 29/01/02 +0000, you wrote:
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>From: Robert J. Hansen <rjhansen@inav.net>
>To: <millenniums-end-l@firedrake.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 3:41 AM
>Subject: Re: Rail guns (was: US SOCOM desires...)
>
>
> >Some snippage<
>
> > Same logic is applied today, as any machinegunner (hey, Lee, you out
> > there?) can tell you.  If you fire a long, sustained burst, the enemy is
> > going to see where you are, and they're going to devote a hell of a lot
> > of attention your way, and you're going to waste most of your (very
> > limited) ammunition.  Short bursts placed on point targets conserves
> > ammo and preserves your skin.  :)
> >
>
>Yep I'm here, and yes this is how we were taught to do it...short bursts
>that is. Also, quite apart from the perfectly good reasons Robert mentions,
>short burst fire stops the weapon from overheating too quickly. There are
>tales of WW2 Bren gunners plunging their barrels into horse troughs during
>the Allied invasion of France, as they had to use them for sustained fire
>due to the shortage of anything bigger, like the Vickers for example.

Ah that superb weapon, the Bren gun.  Nice low rate of fire.  My father 
mentioned it was probably 'too' accurate for a machinegun, intent on 
suppressive tasks.

The Minimi is good, slap the 200 round box on there, but I tend to prefer 
7.62... mez old sckool :)

Ah short bursts... good idea, and the wooden fore end of the US BAR tended 
to catch fire from overheated barrels apparently... oh dear.  A heavy brute 
too.

On the three round sear... burst mode has limited application but it does 
have a place.  But in the end all I can say is, fire disapline, and one 
shot that hits is worth a whole heap more than a hundred that 
don't.  Unless its for suppression purposes, and burst modes are no serious 
contender for that.  Marksmanship is a really good thing to take the time 
to learn.

Leon "Junior" Harrison





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