Just because its badass

[Byte Stryke]

pffft

[theGinsue]

Really cool.

The problem I see with this is all of the lead that is getting thrown out into the air - by a device that swings around and hurls it all over the place. Eventually, that lead WILL come back down to earth and I wouldn't want to be standing UNDER it when it does.

[Zman]

Really cool.

The problem I see with this is all of the lead that is getting thrown out into the air - by a device that swings around and hurls it all over the place. Eventually, that lead WILL come back down to earth and I wouldn't want to be standing UNDER it when it does.

Awww, nothing to worry about. It's based on the Navy's Phalanx system ... it uses 20mm expended uranium projectiles .. that's gonna hurt.

Nothing like 4500 rounds / minute. Need more than one Dillon Super 1050 to keep up with that

Z

[Irving]

That's pretty sweet. I think you have to fire a bullet at a pretty low angle in order for it to still be lethal when it comes down. Not to say that this gun can't fire at a low enough angle.

[rondog]

What is that, 20mm? One or two hits on the target, and all the rest of those HE shells just rain down all over the countryside. Pretty scary to be downrange from, IMO. Makes me wonder about all the .50 and 20mm fired in the skies over Europe in WWII. All those projectiles had to hit the ground somewhere. Gotta wonder about ground casualties.

[rondog]

Simply geometry really.
you have a "circle of sorts"
we are inside
the mortars come from outside.
the weapon, being positioned near the perimeter fires towards the outside to intercept the incoming rounds...

none of our guys get hurt....

and I don't believe they fire the DUs in Iraq against unarmored targets

Well, yeah, inside the circle is safe. But what goes up must come down, and somebody, somewhere gets hurt. I'm just saying that a gun like that fires off a burst of hundreds of rounds, maybe 1000 or more, a couple hit the target, and all the misses gotta land somewhere. 20mm HE shells are impact-detonated, right? So when they hit the ground it's boom-boom-boom-boom, and God help anybody in the area.

I'm not anti-warfare, but I just have to wonder how many innocents have been injured or killed by stray rounds over the last 100 years of warfare all over this planet, especially from air-to-air and ground-to-air fire. We're all concerned about our own stray rounds, right? God forbid any of us should unknowingly hurt someone a couple of miles away. I can't help but wonder about the millions of .50 cal. rounds fired in the skies, not to mention all the brass, belt links, AAA shrapnel and airplane parts that rained down.

[Ridge]

Im watching night-time usage in Iraq, and I'm wetting myself with fear and awe...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILcVt9p7cug

[Ridge]

The ones in the video I linked are air burst, so at most some shrapnel falls generally straight down...

[68Charger]

The ones in the video I linked are air burst, so at most some shrapnel falls generally straight down...

This ^^

It uses HE shells that are timed.. they will self-destruct before reaching the ground. once detonated, the pieces fall harmlessly down..

[Irving]

once detonated, the pieces fall harmlessly down..

Oh sure, just write if off that easily. Why don't YOU try showing up to prom with your hair full of shrapnel!