With the AC-47 they claimed that when used on a football field size target, they could put 1 round per square foot at a speed of 6,000 rounds per minute, per gun, and there were 3 miniguns on board the AC-47. That's "astronomical" in "scope". Of course the AC-130 Specter gunship had even more firepower and they are still using it today in both theaters. That would be the CineMax and the Century. ;) And in keeping this astronomically on target (no pun), they preferred to operate at night like Astronomers and bats. ;) and used lasers! Ooorah! Quoting Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>:
On 14 Mar 2007, at 15:22, diveboss@xmission.com wrote:
Come on man, we won't be standing in one big warm and fuzzy group, we'll be scattered about to confuse him. And just in case, I will bring a ball blaster. A bowling ball blaster that is. ;)
No worries. It'll be at night and I'll just use one of the Magic Dragons I got to fly on in Vietnam.
Let's see, if I remember correctly, "Puff" would put about 50 rounds into every square meter we flew over...
:)
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