RE: PDS - Super Rapid Fire Guns == ScatterPack

Tim

Thanks for the response.  I just wanted to boot this message to you
because I've only been on the mail list since yesterday, but you've made
me feel welcomed.  I'm active Army here in the US myself and dealt quite
a bit with Artillery, Armor, and Infantry around the world (having
recently come back from Bosnia where I had the opportunity to work with
other foreign contingents in Sarajevo).  I had thought about the
messages that I had read and wanted to give a little of my input, and
what pleased to see it welcomed.

Now imagine if that gun kept ammo on a belt-feed mechanism!  ::putting
pencil to paper::  Thanks again for making a yank feel welcome.  If you
have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

Gil 

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>From:	Tim Jones[SMTP:Tim.Jones@Smallworld.co.uk]
>Sent:	Friday, September 26, 1997 10:26 AM
>To:	'FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk'
>Subject:	RE: PDS - Super Rapid Fire Guns == ScatterPack
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>On Friday, September 26, 1997 2:09 PM, Haun, Gilles, SSG 
>[SMTP:haung@Eustis-EMH10.army.mil] wrote:
>>the problem is in the
>>volume of fire it sends forth and space needed for storage of ammo. 
If
>>a scaled down version could be created with a denser bullet, I'd
imagine
>>it could rip a missile apart in no time from the ground. As it stands,
I
>>believe the smallest calibur used is 20mm (a vulcan).
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>I think the calibre is about 9 - 10 mm, the ammo is stored in the gun
barrel.
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>>> Maybe I'm wrong here, but isn't this the basis for the scattergun
pack
>> in FT used by the Kra-vak except it isn't linked to a targeting
>> computer.
>>
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>Yes - I hadn't made that connection - but its probably the same thing
>The Metal Storm is a one shot weapon like the scatter pack.
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>The only system like it in DS2 is the SLAM but thats missiles not
>slugs.
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>sincerely
>tim jones
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