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bluker1
03-11-2008, 10:34
Everyone knows when we come out to the machinegun shoots I have the hummer towing the travel trailer, so I'm out of space. I'm looking for someone with a large vehicle and trailer combo to pull our latest acquisition. I just picked up a 20mm Vulcan cannon. Here are couple of pics from when we picked it up last week. Anyone willing to tow??

thanks in advance,
alan

http://www.machineguntours.com/images/forsale/vulcan.jpg
http://www.machineguntours.com/images/forsale/vulcan2.jpg
Atrain
03-11-2008, 10:49
DUDE!
That is sooo...flippin...awe...aweso...ahhhh...[Faint]
WillysWagon
03-11-2008, 11:14
No doubt on the SCWEETT factor !!!!!!!
7idl
03-11-2008, 12:18
fyi: I've got experience & qualifications on the M61 (VADS) ;)
USMC88-93
03-11-2008, 12:24
What does it weigh?

Edit never mind. Googled it, is this weight figure correct?
Type: six-barrel rotary cannon
Caliber: 20 mm (0.787 in)
Operation: hydraulically operated, electrically fired
Length: 73.8 in (1.88 m)
Weight (excluding feed system): 248 lb (112 kg)
Rate of fire: 6,000 rounds per minute (lab terms)
Muzzle velocity: 3,450 ft/s (1,050 m/s) (with PGU-28/B round)
Projectile weight: (HEI) 3.5 oz (100 g)
Great-Kazoo
03-11-2008, 13:10
lets see how tough my tundra really is.

it's not that heavy (unloaded) the cyclic rate is between 4-6K per min
bluker1
03-11-2008, 13:38
lets see how tough my tundra really is.

it's not that heavy (unloaded) the cyclic rate is between 4-6K per min

We are probably gonna need fork lift to get it in the truck. I tried moving it this morning with the pallet jack and it was straining. It weights a ton.
7idl
03-11-2008, 13:50
what's that out of anyway?

thats not the config for any of the VADS (towed or sp)

was it for one of the follow on SRAD systems that never went anywhere?

oh, maybe from some AC130's, back when they ran 20mm (?)

that drum holds lots of rounds, try hand cranking it full! (when electric's not working)
bluker1
03-11-2008, 16:33
what's that out of anyway?

thats not the config for any of the VADS (towed or sp)

was it for one of the follow on SRAD systems that never went anywhere?

oh, maybe from some AC130's, back when they ran 20mm (?)

that drum holds lots of rounds, try hand cranking it full! (when electric's not working)

It was out of some aircraft, but I didn't get told.

alan
rondog
03-11-2008, 16:39
I could tow it with my Silverado, I reckon, but I don't have a trailer. I was wanting to go to that meet anyway and take the grandson, we've never been. I suppose we could just stuff it in the back of my truck and I could just back it up to the line. You'd have to let me drive it around my neighborhood first, though!
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Wulf202
03-11-2008, 17:14
my trailer is full of 49 chevy.
Ridge
03-11-2008, 17:18
If that system was airborne the only thing that could fit it would be an AC-130...that is crazy wicked...248 pounds seems wayyy too light...the barrel alone would have to way a couple times that...
RYAN50BMG
03-11-2008, 18:42
Do you think Greg has ammo for that?
HunterCO
03-11-2008, 19:00
Last year my Tacoma was was squating pretty good from all the 50 ammo. I suppose now you expect me to drive all the way to Cheyenne Wells with the rear bumper dragging to carry the ammo for that?

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roman gnome
03-11-2008, 20:30
Holy Mother of Pearl! [Tooth]
RYAN50BMG
03-11-2008, 20:51
Seriously, can you get ammo to make it worth hauling that thing around? How do power it? Will that base/mount keep it from flipping over backward when you fire it? Just wondering.
Great-Kazoo
03-11-2008, 22:09
Seriously, can you get ammo to make it worth hauling that thing around? How do power it? Will that base/mount keep it from flipping over backward when you fire it? Just wondering.


i suggest the power inverter from Harbor Freight. a few lag bolts into alan's hummer bed and rock on.
i hear ceiner is already offering a conversion kit for the civilian market
robsterclaw
03-11-2008, 22:25
I say we put it in the bed of my Pepsi pickup truck and then I'll head on over to the Coca-Cola plant here in the springs and I'll get on the bullhorn and yell, remember when you illegally fired me 10 years ago? I'MMMMMMMMMM BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCKKKKKKKKKK
:)
Sixgun
03-11-2008, 22:31
I have a dodge diesel. I will do anything to tow that. I only request I stop by my work and say hello to a few of my favorite[Coffee] bosses.[M2][ROFL1]
7idl
03-12-2008, 07:57
.......248 pounds seems wayyy too light...the barrel alone would have to way a couple times that...


the barrel assembly is heavy, each bbl is manageable by one person though (BTDT)
bluker1
03-12-2008, 21:05
the barrel assembly is heavy, each bbl is manageable by one person though (BTDT)

Thanks everyone for all the help. We now have everything all worked out.

alan
Gman
03-13-2008, 22:42
Looks to me like some kind of mount that would be used in an AC-130 "Spectre".

Late in the 1980's, however, the Air Force (http://www.specwarnet.net/americas/usaf.htm) decided that it needed to upgrade the capacities of the AC-130, and the AC-130U project was begun. The weapons were changed somewhat, with the twin 20mm vulcan cannons being dropped in favor of a GAU-12 25mm rotating cannon.
http://www.specwarnet.net/vehicles/spectre.htm
Great-Kazoo
03-14-2008, 07:36
i still think it's photoshopped.
you know how these gun nutz r
PsychoI3oy
03-14-2008, 07:48
I'll cut the roof out of my Escort and lower it in through there. Think I'd get pulled over for having that sticking out the top of my car?


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