Vulcann 6th Gear January 13, 2012 Share January 13, 2012 Been searching high and low for the minigun model first showcased on our LST in the papers when she was performing some maritime operation under the UN flag last year. TCH was visiting then and there was a photograph showing a RSN crew member manning a Gatling-type weapon system but as far as I could recall there was no mentioning of the gun model. Our RSN website does not mention anywhere of this new armament so was rather perplexed then. Was watching on SH one of the episodes of Lock N' Load with R. Lee Ermey on machine guns and there he was happy like F firing away a minigun so rekindled my interest on our version. Did a search and finally found a blog talking about this fearsome weapon. Here's the blog on M134: http://kementah.blogspot.com/2010/05/minig...gger-punch.html Saturday, May 22, 2010 Navy Open House 2010 - Changi Naval Base, Singapore Miniguns spell major improvement in RSN firepower The M134 Miniguns unveiled at the Navy Open House today are just the thing Singapore's sailors need when sent in harm's way. The Republic of Singapore Navy's (RSN) move to arm some of its warships with Miniguns shows that even as the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) transformation gathers pace, brute force is sometimes the only way to settle shootouts at sea. Miniguns need no introduction to weapons enthusiasts. These guns have been around for decades and are prized for their ability to hose down their targets with 7.62mm bullets at a rate of 3,000 rounds per minute - that's 50 bullets every second - with a good degree of accuracy. See what a Minigun can do here. Fans of the Terminator movies would recognise the Minigun as the six-barrel weapon which Arnie used to mow down the opposition while holding the 15-kg weapon in his one buffed hand. The RSN sailors say it's movie magic. So they rely on strong weapon mounts to bring Miniguns into action during shootouts on the high seas. Though the RSN did not say it, the weapons rails mated to the Minigun indicate that unspecified weapon sights and night vision devices can be fitted to the weapon to improve its precision effect. To warships that may have to deal with swarm attacks by small craft in congested waters, the Minigun's destructive power makes it a weapon of choice in any last-ditch gunfight. "There's a tracer with every few rounds fired and I walk the stream of rounds to the target like a garden hose," said an RSN warfighter at the Navy Open House."It can chew up a target accurately up to 1-km away. The rounds are also lethal up to 2km-plus." The 4,000 ready rounds linked to each Minigun by the flexible feed chute give gunners the punch to fend off several small craft attacks against their warship before reloading. It doesn't give an iron-clad defence, but is nonetheless a vast improvement to the 12.7mm CIS 50 heavy machineguns that are the current last-ditch weapons on RSN warships. The pintle-mounted machineguns are fed by a 100-round box magazine, have a lower rate of fire and are hard to control against fleeting targets. The electrically-fired Miniguns offer far better insurance, especially during anti-piracy operations where there's a need to keep hostile fast craft as far away as possible lest small arms fire or rocket-propelled grenades disable the RSN warship's sensor suite. The Minigun's ability to reach out and touch hostile vessels up to 1km away and the "garden hose" effect from the stream of hot tracer rounds will give unwelcome visitors a hot reception. Go Navy! Posted by David Boey at 7:24 PM NB: On the Wikipedia website, they classify the US versions according to the services they go with: M134 for the army and GAU 17/A for the USN and USMC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minigun 7.62mm is a still a pretty small calibre weapon IMHO to be used in sea environment but as a last, last ditch weapon as compared to the more famous computer-controlled Phalanx CIWS 20mm Gatling guns on almost all US warships, mai hiam liao I guess... [laugh] ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shull Turbocharged January 13, 2012 Share January 13, 2012 The Phalanx is to shoot down Anti-ship-missile.. not close range RPG style weapons.. Anyway, how does this M164 measured up against the M61? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vega Turbocharged January 13, 2012 Share January 13, 2012 Chey. 7.62mm, waste time. Should use those mounted on the A-10 warthog. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerano 1st Gear January 13, 2012 Share January 13, 2012 As i understand, LSTs have a Rafael remote weapons platform for similar uses as a CIWS (Phalanx/Goalkeeper). Last i saw this minigun wasnt mounted but they only used the CIS .50 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear January 13, 2012 Author Share January 13, 2012 The Phalanx is to shoot down Anti-ship-missile.. not close range RPG style weapons.. Anyway, how does this M164 measured up against the M61? The M134 guns are of 7.62mm calibre whereas those of the aircraft mounted M61 is 20mm. The former is a smaller, more versatile version manned by a single crew for close range last ditch defence whereas the M61 is for gunslinging against airborne bogeys. Both versions are capable of firing up to 2,000 to 5,000 RPM. There is a bigger brother the GAU8 30mm version firing DU rounds & mounted at the nose of the ugly A-10 Thunderbolt II anti-tank buster. The entire gun system is roughly the size of a VW Beetle & each DU round is the size of the old coca cola bottle. (DU stands for low radiation depleted uranium capable of punching through tank armour). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerano 1st Gear January 13, 2012 Share January 13, 2012 The M134 guns are of 7.62mm calibre whereas those of the aircraft mounted M61 is 20mm. The former is a smaller, more versatile version manned by a single crew for close range last ditch defence whereas the M61 is for gunslinging against airborne bogeys. Both versions are capable of firing up to 2,000 to 5,000 RPM. There is a bigger brother the GAU8 30mm version firing DU rounds & mounted at the nose of the ugly A-10 Thunderbolt II anti-tank buster. The entire gun system is roughly the size of a VW Beetle & each DU round is the size of the old coca cola bottle. (DU stands for low radiation depleted uranium capable of punching through tank armour). DU is very dense and pyrophoric (ignites itself when exposed to air) while also self-sharpening. Thats why its so good. The only other material that is somewhat comparable is Tungsten Carbide. That said, DU has been found in studies to cause some side effects despite its low radiation emittance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear January 13, 2012 Author Share January 13, 2012 DU is very dense and pyrophoric (ignites itself when exposed to air) while also self-sharpening. Thats why its so good. The only other material that is somewhat comparable is Tungsten Carbide. That said, DU has been found in studies to cause some side effects despite its low radiation emittance Very sure this thread will attract bros you & maybe Wishcumtrue Yep there were complaints from the Iraqis of radiation sickness traced from thousands of DU rounds fired during the two Gulf wars against their armour although the US authoritues strenously denied that. The Avenger really is a monster & the aircraft actually suffered some loss in airspeed when it is fired in anger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerano 1st Gear January 13, 2012 Share January 13, 2012 Very sure this thread will attract bros you & maybe Wishcumtrue Yep there were complaints from the Iraqis of radiation sickness traced from thousands of DU rounds fired during the two Gulf wars against their armour although the US authoritues strenously denied that. The Avenger really is a monster & the aircraft actually suffered some loss in airspeed when it is fired in anger. They say the GAU can cause loss of 8-12kmph airspeed or even stall the A10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear January 13, 2012 Author Share January 13, 2012 They say the GAU can cause loss of 8-12kmph airspeed or even stall the A10 Forces of the free world need not fear this terror weapon but armour formations from those dictatorship countries have to live in fear that one day they may face it & the whole arsenal of anti-tank weapons US possess like the 25mm chain gun from the Apache, Hellfire missiles & others... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerano 1st Gear January 13, 2012 Share January 13, 2012 (edited) Forces of the free world need not fear this terror weapon but armour formations from those dictatorship countries have to live in fear that one day they may face it & the whole arsenal of anti-tank weapons US possess like the 25mm chain gun from the Apache, Hellfire missiles & others... dangerous speech bro. later pro commy people come in btw... look at the TADs on the AH64 Edited January 13, 2012 by Cerano Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustank Hypersonic January 13, 2012 Share January 13, 2012 I sarpork minigun because Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear January 13, 2012 Author Share January 13, 2012 (edited) dangerous speech bro. later pro commy people come in btw... look at the TADs on the AH64 Computer generated? Looked so realistic!!! Saw some of the bad guys kept lobbing round after round of mortar shells & in a flash all blown back to stone age. By the way it was supposed to be a hellfire missile taking out the bandits right? Don't look to me to be the effect of a 25mm chain gun leh Edited January 13, 2012 by Vulcann Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerano 1st Gear January 13, 2012 Share January 13, 2012 Computer generated? Looked so realistic!!! Saw some of the bad guys kept lobbing round after round of mortar shells & in a flash all blown back to stone age. By the way it was supposed to be a hellfire missile taking out the bandits right? Don't look to me to be the effect of a 25mm chain gun leh This is a game but in actual fact should also reflect the capabilities on the AH64D yes hellfire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear January 13, 2012 Author Share January 13, 2012 This is a game but in actual fact should also reflect the capabilities on the AH64D yes hellfire Seems like the baddies ( so tempted to use the word badder) never knew what hit them. Close to BVR as far as combat is concerned... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazdaowner Moderator January 13, 2012 Share January 13, 2012 Forces of the free world need not fear this terror weapon but armour formations from those dictatorship countries have to live in fear that one day they may face it & the whole arsenal of anti-tank weapons US possess like the 25mm chain gun from the Apache, Hellfire missiles & others... Ooorrrrrhhhhh...you liow, you say such bad things...orrhhhhhhhh!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear January 13, 2012 Author Share January 13, 2012 Ooorrrrrhhhhh...you liow, you say such bad things...orrhhhhhhhh!! Again [sweatdrop] Bro got a weak heart leh don't like that leh [sweatdrop] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishy 4th Gear January 13, 2012 Share January 13, 2012 As i understand, LSTs have a Rafael remote weapons platform for similar uses as a CIWS (Phalanx/Goalkeeper). Last i saw this minigun wasnt mounted but they only used the CIS .50 RSN now using Typhoon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerano 1st Gear January 13, 2012 Share January 13, 2012 RSN now using Typhoon yes. I forgot the name for awhile but i knew it was made by Rafael ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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