RE: [SG,DS] Power Armour Weapon

At 11:13 AM +0000 3/11/03, david smith wrote:
>Only 400 rpm ROF? With modern materials and production I would 
>expect somewhat high ROF myself. And as for cooling the barrel, 
>which is easier to maneuver, a barrel with large fins to dissapate 
>the heat to the air or a barrel with a water jacket and 2 pipes 
>leading to a radiator mounted on the back of the PA? (after all, the 
>surface area determines the heat disapation rate, and I would 
>prefere the heat disapation fins somewhere where they will not 
>interfere with the PAs troopers ability to fight).

Keep a lower ROF and you're going to have better control and better 
ammo conservation. With a low ROF but, steady fire rate, you'll cover 
the same kind of ground with better ammo conservation. With a 1200 
rpm rate of fire, you're talking about a lot of link for a small 
burst.

>Another question is are gataling guns (the multi barreled rotating 
>ones) rotating to allow the barrels to cool between firing or is 
>there a separate firing chamber for each barrel and the gun reloads 
>while the barrel is rotating, so allowing the increadably high ROF 
>the are capable of (thinking of the modern versions like the Phlanix 
>or the gattaling in the A-10).

Phalanx gets its rate of fire by using multiple barrels and cools 
them by moving them through the air. The ZSU 23-4 and the 40mm bofors 
mounts use multiple barrels all cycling and water cooling.
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