RE: 7.62 chaingun? was Re: UK Sabre CVR(T) type vehicle

>In message <01BFAC5A.BB1DF500.mwbrown@veriomail.com> Michael Brown
writes:
>> FWIW:  A chaingun typically has one barrel, where a minigun is a
multi
>>barrel
>> gatling type.  Doom had a minigun called a chain gun.
>
>...so did the old GW game "Dark Future". I actually sent the
>designer, Richard Halliwell a photocopy from a library book that
>showed a 7.62mm chaingun and mini-gun. He wrote back saying that,
>well, the figures look like mini-guns but the name chaingun is
>much cooler.

I think that says it all.... <grin> GW have never been ones to let facts
get in the way of coolness!  ;-)
>
>Chaingun is, I think, a trademark of The Boeing Company. I've
>never seen a multibarreled one.

I actually thought it was a Hughes Corp TM, but I could be wrong (or are
they part of Boeing anyway??)...
Not that it matters, they'll all be owned by Microsoft soon.... ;-)

Jon (GZG)
>
>> A Bradley has a 25mm
>> Chaingun (the chain, driven by a motor works the feed, as opposed to
having
>> recoil energy do all the work)
>
>Also, Apache Helicopters have 30mm chainguns. Look at an Apache in
>profile... that's a chaingun.
>
>--
>David Brewer