Chinese Gatling guns / miniguns

SinoSoldier

SinoSoldier

Colonel
plawolf said:
I think the PLA has never fully lost it's frugle roots and do not like the 'spray and pray' approach (especially since the PLA is atheist, and so would not expect 'praying' to do them much good anyways :p) of Gatling weapons.

They will do R&D to keep up with the tech, but do not expect to see these bad boys deployed widely.

That may change once the PLA gets a first hand taste of fire support from helos and realise just how hard it is to get any sort of accuracy when shooting out the side door of a hard manoeuvring helo trying to hit guys with RPGs/HMGs etc before they hit your ride.
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It really depends on the terrain. I have no doubt that PLA units for urban combat are equipped with this.
 
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airsuperiority

Captain
Bltizo said:
How will gatling guns help in combat in urbain terrain?
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A large Gattling gun mounted on a tracked chassis, this vehicle can fire at ground and air targets. Gatling tanks are very effective versus infantry and decent against light vehicles and aircraft. They are also among China's faster vehicles, and are cheap and easy to produce on the battlefield. This makes the Gatling tank a good scout early on in a battle until MiGs can be produced.
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kyanges

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Lol, yes, we should all look up to that game with the MiG 1.44 as the next generation Chinese fighter, Chinese nuclear artillery, and pretty Chinese lady hackers in skin-tight suits for all of our answers.
 
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airsuperiority

Captain
kyanges said:
Lol, yes, we should all look up to that game with the MiG 1.44 as the next generation Chinese fighter, Chinese nuclear artillery, and pretty Chinese lady hackers in skin-tight suits for all of our answers.
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Are you finding me funny? Imma hack your computer and steal $6 from you tonight! Wait for another 2 years, next time it will be 8!
 
broadsword

broadsword

Brigadier
SinoSoldier said:
Buddy, Chinese agents tried to approach the developer of Metal Storm and bribed him to transfer the technology.
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The claim was that Chinese agents tried to bribe the inventor with US$100m. First off, I would treat such western reports with suspicion as they are rife with negative reportings of Russia and China. Secondly, US$100m for this weapon? Not to underrate it, but isn't it ridiculous for something that you can accomplish with current weapons, like CIWS or RAMs? It's not a cutting edge compact railgun or a compact MIRCL.
 
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challenge

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could the gatling gun base on Minigun?
I remeber saw a picture of Vietnam war museum in saigon,among the display was UH-1 helos with 7.62mm gatling gun.
steven zaloga claim that wheel for Type-79 tank is base on M-48 tank.
 
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Awwal12

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t2contra said:
I think metal storm is overrated. With accurate aiming, you don't need such a blinding rate of fire. Maybe, that's why it has not been fielded.
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Sure. Gatling guns aren't the most effective ones in every use except probably the modern dogfighting (where speeds are too high and you still want to hit your enemy with at least 2 or 3 shells). In the ground combat, given the Gatling's weight and ammo consumption per sec, one would always prefer something of true areal action (like an AGL).
 
broadsword

broadsword

Brigadier
Awwal12 said:
Sure. Gatling guns aren't the most effective ones in every use except probably the modern dogfighting (where speeds are too high and you still want to hit your enemy with at least 2 or 3 shells).
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The problem is that the pilot is likely to empty his magazine in his metal storm before any round could hit the enemy fighter.
 
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