From: Jon Shoop (shoop19@brick.net)
Date: Mon Oct 13 2003 - 09:20:09 PDT
Miniguns have been out of production since the end of the vietnam
war........
Jon
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From: "Paul A. Thomas" <bluewhale@jaxkneppers.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] HEY! This is an MV List!
> > Screw twin 50's. Give me an M163 PIVAD on one of those M113 hulls on a 5
> ton chassis. THAT's a gun truck for > the next generation. With that
> powerpack pulled out, I bed you could mount a nice large 20mm ready use
> > magazine.
>
> umm... I never hear anything on list about the weapon the movie makers
have
> loved the past 10 years, the 'man held' mini-gun. ( see Arnohld movies
> like Predator, T2... or Steven Segal's Under Seige ) Is the idea
> deterrence or wiping out any opponents? In the scheme of things I can't
> believe the cost difference between twin 50's and a mini gun would mean
> anything. Or would the powers that be worry about the ... cong, Iraqi old
> regime, whomever getting a functional mini-gun to use on us? I never
> considered that, but it Would be a devastating weapon to be used on
> us. Perhaps they could fit it with a 'failsafe' self destruct if we lost
it?
>
>
> Puzzled in Bay Pointe, Ca.
> MVPA@ 24986
>
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